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CONTENTS
Page Two 2
Mailbox 3
TV News... Doug Smith 5
ATSC Primer Part ill... Doug Smith 12
Western TV DX. . .Victor Frank 1 2
Photo News... Jeff Kruszka 16
Vacation or DxPedition?? ...Bill Smith 18 Northern FM DX... Keith McGinnis 19
FM News... Steve Wiseblood 31
CCI Solutions... Bob Cooper 33
Southern FM News... John Zondlo 39
Cuban Television... Jesus Perez 41
Satellite News... George Jensen 42
It’s the Holiday 2003 issue of the VUD! In this issue we have a short article about DXing (or trying to do some DXing) on Cape Cod brought to you by member Bill Smith.
Bob Cooper wraps up part two of his technical paper on minimizing CCI. This part tells you how to stack antennas.
Doug Smith continues with part three of his ATSC-101 course on digital television.
Oh yes, and if you EVER wanted a calendar with pictures of antenna towers, do we have a calendar for you just in time for 2004!
Happy holiday reading!
DECEMBER 2003
First of all, we wish all of you a very happy and joyous holiday season. We wouldn’t want it any other way. And may the year 2004 be good to you all!
Well, what’s going on with our sun, eh? The poor thing has been throwing fits lately with sunspots and flares and CMEs being ejected toward our planet. Now we read that the earth’s magnetic field is supposedly in the first stages of a polarity shift. Does this mean more Es, less Es or should we just wait for that ship to land on the Washington Monument mall with Klatuu aboard.
Seriously though, the end of October saw some serious aurora on FM radio along with visible aurora through much of northern North America. One strange occurance was possible F2 on channel A2 one afternoon by Steven Wiseblood and Danny Oglethorpe. The possibilities were narrowed down to KHON 2 in Honolulu, although no definite ID was possible. But conditions like these just show that strange receptions are possible even in the off-season. And with our sun still acting strangely, more unusual happenings are bound to occur.
MEMBERS AND MORE
Dues received this month from Jim Renfrew(NY), Jeff Kitsko(PA), John Jefferson(WA), John Adams(OR), Chester Jaffee(CA), George Hamer(NY), George Greene(OH). Just a short list this time as opposed to the long lists in the summer, but the quality of these folks more than offsets the quantity on this list. Thank you all for writing one more check!
Here’s one interesting letter received from Steve McGreevy in Keeler, CA. Try to find Keeler on a map. I dare you. Steve writes: “It's great to at long last be a member of WTFDA! I wonder why I didn't join the past two decades, as I began FM sporatic-E-skip DXing the summer of 1982. Shel Remington, KH6SR, then living in Fairfax, Calif, played me tapes of his FM dx going back several years and I was astounded! I caught my first
opening on a G.E. Super Radio with a cheap twin-lead folded dipole laying on my bed - catching an opening to Albuquerque, NM late May 1982, and I was hooked. Seeing CCI bars on TV's channel 2-6 and weird ghosting images behind the strong locals in the S.F. Bay Area was also thrilling, and then also began an era of TV dxing, although I generally partake in casual TV dxing to this day while waiting for the MUF to hit FM or just after an opening died away on FM - FM Es is my first love, and I've had the opportunities to DX FM Es in some far-flung areas, such as southern Georgia in the spring and summer of 1990 - hearing Maine all the way to Colorado and lots of Mexican DX as far as Veracruz - an exciting place too for tropo! Tropo is fabulous in Hawaii even though it would take a two-hop opening for any Dx from the mainland to occur, but I did get a chance upon several long stays and a short residency in '86 that tropo between the Islands abounds - Kauai FM signals being surprisingly at times 300 miles away in on the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
In July 1997, I moved to the Owens Valley of eastern California, and now live in the tiny hamlet of Keeler - a town of about 50 people on the eastern edge of dry Owens Lake - the famed lake that Los Angeles drained dry. The FM dial could be considered "empty" by some standards - indeed only two strong signals are on the band here from two 10 watt or less translators 6 miles distant on a mountain top and the rest of the semi-local stations being shadowed by mountains to all 'round. But, while there is almost a total lack of tropo, the main dxing fun besides VERY evident Es openings are aero-scatter and meteor scatter, and finally but a big part - mountain or Knife-edge scatter - the high peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mtns. loom 20 - 30 miles distant, and I am amazed to find hundreds of "hot spots" in the local area favoring one transmitter site or another up and down the Central Valley on the other side of the mountains - sometimes the stations in Modesto are like having local translators. Airplanes skip in Bay area,, Sacramento, down to Tijuana BCN and Las Vegas stations regularly, and meteor showers are a joy - especially the wild Leonids of 2001 - I think I caught 4 station id's on 102.1 that special
3
night.
E-skip openings are pure fun here, and this past summer was pretty good considering I was away on family visitation and camping trips for three weeks in June and July - I think the opening all across Mexico on July 9th was the most fun. Two years ago - the summer of 2001, it seemed north-east Texas came in time and time again - including one day while I was driving in company Jeep Cherokee on Owens Lake that had a pretty sensitive Christler radio- Dallas Ft. Worth and the entire region of east Texas were in so strongly and steadily that I called my boss on the VHF radio and told him to put his radio on 97.9 Dallas with rock music that he'd like - he totally enjoyed the DX reception, and noticed how jammed up the otherwise generally empty FM dial was. I know of other friends in rural California who have noticed August to be a "bad-reception" time for them to hear 90.9 Klmath Falls 120 miles away because of bursts of other signals - I explained to them what meteors do...
Also in the summer of 2001, while returning from Saskatchewan and Alberta whee I recorded natural VLF radio signals deep in the Canadian Boreal Forest (see: www.spaceweathersounds.com) in a practically empty-dial location, never hearing e-skip, then on July 10th, while driving through Teton National Park, I'd flicked on the FM radio and surfed the dial, wondering why every madly picket-fencing station seemed to have another with it - and what is SPANISH doing on the FM dial in Wyoming? I pulled over to a picnic area out of the trees and recorded a fine opening from Tijuana to San Luis Obispo, Calif. - I think the first time I'd noticed an opening while driving - oh, wait - friend Gail West and I tuned in 94.1 WOW in Omaha while driving a remote eastern Oregon desert highway in mid-August 1990, and I'd forgotten e-skip can happen later than July... including October (like in '93).
So it is a really fun hobby and amateur science project, and I'm right now, though rather late, my logs from this past summer's Es openings and will e-mail them to the respective column editors, so other members will be able to compare my Es receptions to their own opening patterns.” (Nice letter Steve. I think we all at one time or another have wanted to live in a remote area like Keeler, just for the DXing -mike)
F2 TO HAWAII. OR ???
First, Mike Cherry posted this on the WTFDA list on October 30th: “There was a VERY rare out-of-season Es2 opening to Hawaii from 0230UTC/1 830PST to 0312UTC/1912PDT on 6 meters & I re-logged KHON "Fox 2" Honolulu @ 0300UTC. This is the first time in 35 years of TV DXing that I've
seen Ch 2 Honolulu outside of the summer Es season. Meanwhile, strong Au on 6 meters to usual eastern B.C., Alberta, eastern Wash. & Montana w/ un-ID Au on clear ch 3 with TV VHF antenna pointed northeast.” This note prompted Steve Wiseblood to post: “Based on what DXers saw yesterday, and the strong reception of HAWAII on 6-meters by HAMS throughout the SOUTH-EASTERN U.S. as well as Danny's (Shreveport) log of the "PEOPLE'S COURT" at 1715 CST on Channel-2. I reviewed my notes, and on Chanel-2 at 1715 CST I did see large letters on the screen followed by several sets of smaller letters (perhaps on how to apply to be on the show).
I am sure now, that the large letters that I saw did, in fact, say "PEOPLE'S COURT". Apparently because of the smearing and multiple phasing caused by the F2 reception, I thought that I had seen something in Spanish or Portuguese, but the letters were too smeared to actually read. I thought that the format looked somewhat like a tele¬ novela. The format of the show I saw did, in fact, fit that of PEOPLE'S COURT.
Although only TENTATIVE, looks like Danny and I were both receiving Chanel-2 in HAWAII by F2 between 1700-1730 CST yesterday.”
Dan Oglethorpe responded: “The only station that I can find (so far) on channel 2 in the U.S. that airs "The People's Court" at 1700 *CT* is KHON-2 Honolulu. (This is from zap2it; KHON's website is being renovated.) That would be 1 PM there. That would also be about 4,000 miles! I'll watch the other tape and continue to investigate this situation over the weekend. If anybody has any information or suggestions, I would appreciate hearing from them.”
So, who knows? Whatever it was, it sure made for an exciting end of October.
A NOTE FROM HAVANA
A short note from Jesus Perez: “I have even received the October issue the other day, so thank you very much, yes I realized on how early it arrived. I have enjoyed VERY MUCH reading the Gordon Simkim’s article: MY FIRST TV-DX. I liked it so much. I also recall my first DX’s on TV when I was a kid, and it was also channels 2 from New York City and Baltimore as E-Skip. My first tropo experiences were Channel 7 and 10 Miami, and Ch-1 1 Fort Myers and my father built and put up our first antenna which was one double yagi calculated for chs-7 to 13. I have always enjoyed this hobby.”
Well, that makes two of us, or better yet, about 280 of us. See you all next month. Have a great New Year! -Mike
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TV
NEWS
Doug Smith W9WI 1385 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 w9wi @w9wi.com
December 2003
Abbreviations:
#
AF
aux
CC
CL
DE
FC
FTP
GA
LC
NO
NS
NW
PA
License to cover (for changes or new station)
Applied For (a new station)
Auxiliary (backup) transmitter Call Change City-of-license change Station deleted
Programming ("format") change Failure to Prosecute (an application) Granted Amendment (to table of channel allotments)
License to Cover Not on the air
New station granted permit New station on the air
Proposed Amendment (to table of
|
channel allotments) |
|
|
PC |
Power (and/or tower height) change on the air |
|
PG |
Power change granted |
|
PR |
Power change requested |
|
QC |
Channel ("frequency"?) change on the |
|
air |
|
|
QG |
Channel change granted |
|
QR |
Channel change requested |
|
RA |
Returned to the air |
|
ROA |
Request of applicant |
|
SI |
Off the air ("silent"?) |
|
STA |
Special Temporary Authorization |
|
XC |
Transmitter site change on the air |
|
XG |
Transmitter site change granted |
|
XR |
Transmitter site change requested |
News:
USA:
Alaska:
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Homer
Ketchikan
Kodiak
Alabama:
Anniston
Berry
Montgomery
Montgomery
Arizona:
Camp Verde Flagstaff
Flagstaff
41K41DP
26KTVF-DT
9K09XO
41K41IE
17K17GQ
PG>34.5kw, 61-20-11/ 149-30-48; already on
NW 12kw/-11m
NW 3kw,
59-27-17/151-40-18 (KYES-5 UPN)
NS 1 50kw, 55-20-22/ 131-38-12
NS 10.3kw, 57-47-03/ 152-23-57
9WJSU-DT PA from ch. 58
51WSFG-LP QR from ch. 63,
19.4kw
14WAIQ-DT PR>425kw dismissed
61 WFRZ-CA CC from W61 DH
47K47IK
48K48GI
50K50HU
Globe 57K57BO
Green Valley 46KUVE-TV
Klagetoh 43K43GQ Lake Havasu 10KBBA-LP C.
Peach Spring 28NEW-LP Phoenix 19KPHE-LP
QC from K11MI, 80w QC from ch. 26,
1 ,44kw
QC from K64BI, 1 ,04kw
FC; sold to KTVK-3 CC from KXGR QC from K68BL, 220w CC from K10OS
AF dismissed NW 13.8kw, 33-19-58/112-03-53; "Bohemian Music Videos"
|
Phoenix |
27KAZT-CA |
PR>34kw, 33-20-02/ 11 2-03-41; already granted & on the air |
|
Phoenix |
43K43GV |
QC from ch. 31 ; 13kw; DTV? // KPHE-LP 19 |
|
Phoenix |
45KUTP |
AF 2473kw/502m (aux) |
|
Prescott |
35K35HA |
NS 3.9kw, 34-29-25/ 112-32-00 (TBN) |
|
Prescott |
53NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Quartzsite |
20NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Quartzsite |
42NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Tecna |
56NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Tucson |
23KVOA-DT |
PR>650kw/1 122m |
|
T usayan |
33NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Williams |
43K43IE |
QC from K25DP, 1 ,62kw |
|
Williams |
53K53GM |
QC from K60ED, Ikw, 35-12-01/112-12-15 |
|
Arkansas: |
||
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El Dorado |
43KEJB |
NW 5000kw/530m, 33-04-41/92-13-41 (UPN) |
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Hot Springs |
20960520KE |
NS 5000kw/345m, 34-33-56/93-05-03 (2nd Baptist Church) |
|
Searcy |
43K12MY |
QR from ch. 12, 1 50kw, 35-22-53/91- 31-30; CL from Batesville; QR to ch. 54, 1 kw |
|
Sheridan |
47KWBF-LP |
QC from ch. 5, 104.6kw, 34-30-27/92- 32-48 |
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California: |
||
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Bakersfield |
11K14IK |
QC from ch. 14, 3kw, 35-26-17/118-44-22; CL from Delano |
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Bakersfield |
25KGET-DT |
NW 135kw/405m |
5
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Barstow |
28K28IE |
AF dismissed but reinstated & granted, 30kw, 34-50-59/117-03-04 |
|
Barstow |
29NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Big Bear Lake |
6K06MU |
PC>1 kw, 34-14-24/116-54-47 |
|
Calexico |
18K36FO |
QR from ch. 36 dismissed |
|
Chico |
57NEW-LP |
AF 5kw, 39-43-15/ 122-20-24 dismissed but reinstated |
|
Cloverdale |
36KTVJ-LP |
PR>50kw, 38-30-31/122-39-41; already granted; CC from K36GG |
|
Coalinga |
42K42DT |
PG>1 50kw, 36-22-08/ 120-38-34 |
|
Corona |
39KVEA-DT |
NW 54kw/912m, 34-12-48/118-03-41 |
|
Fort Bragg |
8KUNO-TV |
CC from KFWU |
|
Fresno |
34KGPE-DT |
NW 185kw/577m |
|
Fresno |
46K56DZ |
QR from ch. 56, lOkw |
|
Lancaster |
50KTRO-LP |
PC>26kw, 34-32-50/118-12-57 |
|
Los Angeles |
11KTTV |
NS 156kw/921m, 34-13-27/118-03-45 (aux) |
|
Monterey |
32KION-DT |
NW 46kw/758m |
|
Porterville |
31KKAK-LP |
QC from ch. 20, 38.2kw |
|
Redding |
2K56ID |
QR from ch. 56, 41 Ow, 40-39-19/122-31-22 |
|
Redding |
29K29FZ |
NS 160w, 40-39-15/ 122-31-12 |
|
Redding |
56K56ID |
NS 630w, 40-31-10/ 122-41-30 - see ch. 2 |
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Sacramento |
3KCRA-TV |
PR>600m, drop DA |
|
Sacramento |
45K45HC |
QR from K69FB, 150kw, 38-15-54/121- 29-24; already granted |
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Salinas |
13KCBA-DT |
NW 19.75kw/720m |
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San Mateo |
43KCSM-DT |
NW 536kw/428m, 37-45-19/122-27-06 |
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Santa Clara |
22KAXT-CA |
PC>56kw |
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Santa Rosa |
25K30DO |
QC from ch. 30 |
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Santa Rosa |
54KFTY-DT |
NW 30kw/928m |
|
S. Lake Tahoe 12K12PP |
NW 50w, 39-04-57/ 120-10-28 (KRXI-11 Fox) |
|
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Vallejo |
40NEW |
AF dismissed |
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Vallejo |
66KFSF |
XC 37-45-19/122-27- 16 |
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Colorado: |
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Basalt |
36K36GX |
NS 2.104kw, 39-21-10/107-06-06 |
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Carbondale |
38K38FO |
XR 39-25-21/107-22- 31 |
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Cortez |
46K64FF |
QR from ch. 64, 1.64kw, 37-21-54/108- 08-51 ; CL from Towaoc |
|
Denver |
16KUSA-DT |
PG>1000kw/318m, 39-43-51/105-13-54 |
|
Denver |
17KMGH-DT PG>1 000kw/295m, 39-43-51/105-13-54 |
|
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Denver |
19KTVD-DT |
PG> 1 000kw/295m, 39-43-51/105-13-54 |
|
Denver |
35KCNC-DT |
PG>1 000kw/373m, 39-43-51/105-13-54 |
|
Denver |
66K66FB |
PC>47.3kw |
|
Fort Collins |
39K35EQ |
QR from ch. 56; CL from Estes Park |
|
Pinewood |
44K08IV QC from ch. 8, 700w, |
|
Springs |
39-45-54/105-32-32 |
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Vail |
45NEW-LP AF dismissed |
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Yuma |
42K42GI NS 2.685kw, 40-08-35/102-48-51 |
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Connecticut: |
|
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Hartford |
45WEDH-DT QR from ch. 32, 465kw/517m, 41-42-13/72-49-57 |
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Norwich District of Columbia: |
32WEDN-DT QR from ch. 45, 500w/192m |
|
Washington |
20WDCA NS 957kw/207m, 38-57-22/77-04-59 (aux) |
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Washington |
23WKRP-LP PC<2.2kw, 38-56-09/ 77-04-26 |
|
Washington |
47WMDO-CAQC from ch. 48, lOkw |
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Florida: |
|
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Cocoa |
52WTGL-TV PG 2500kw/514m, 28-35-12/81-04-58 |
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Jacksonville |
19WTEV-DT NW 1000kw/291m, 30-16-51/81-34-12 |
|
Jacksonville |
32WAWS-DTNW 1000kw/291m, 30-16-51/81-34-12 |
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Jupiter |
53WWJV-LP CC from W53BS |
|
Lake City |
15W66CQ QR from ch. 66, 150kw, 30-12-49/82- 39-01 |
|
Leesburg |
45WLCB-TV PG>5000kw/472m, 28-35-12/81-04-58 |
|
Marathon |
24WVFW-LP CC from W24CA |
|
Miami |
26 WPXM-DT NW 200kw/282m, 25-59-09/80-11-37 |
|
Naples |
43WWDT-CAPG>1 44kw, 26-30-18/81-51-14 |
|
Rock Harbor |
30W64AN QR from ch. 64 dismissed |
|
Tallahassee |
45WVUP-CA PG>1 50kw, 30-34-27/ 84-12-09 |
|
West Gate |
16W67AP QC from ch. 67, 1 1 5kw, 25-59-35/80- 10-26; CL from Rock Harbor |
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W.Palm Beach |
55WPTV-DT NW 900kw/387m |
|
Georgia: |
|
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Augusta |
49WBPI-LP XR 33-30-53/81-56-23 (correction to previous app which specified 91-56-23 in Arkansas) |
|
Perry |
32 WPGA-DT NW 18kw/185m |
|
Thomasville |
46WCTV-DT PG<265m, 30-34-27/ 84-12-09 |
|
Hawaii: |
|
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Waimanalo |
56KMGT NW 83.2kw/632m, 21-19-49/157-45-24 |
|
Idaho: |
|
|
Arco |
39NEW-LP AF dismissed |
|
Arco |
48NEW-LP AF dismissed |
|
Driggs |
42NEW-LP AF dismissed |
|
Driggs |
44NEW-LP AF dismissed |
|
Idaho Falls |
52NEW-LP AF dismissed |
|
Idaho Falls |
52K52IT AF 25kw, 43-29-30/ 112-02-53 dismissed, reinstated & granted |
|
Pocatello |
38NEW-DT PA by KFXP-31 |
|
Pocatello |
45NEW-LP AF dismissed |
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Preston |
44K44HA |
NS 1.8kw, 41-53-00/ 112-04-42; already on |
|
Preston |
48K48IJ |
NS 1.8kw, 41-53-00/ 1 1 2-04-42; already on |
|
Sandpoint |
16K16EN |
QC from K64BD |
|
Twin Falls |
22KIPT-DT |
NW 50kw/1 82m |
|
Twin Falls |
38KTFT-LP |
PR>150kw |
|
Twin Falls |
58KTID-LP |
PCd 5kw |
|
Illinois: Chicago |
23WFBT-CA |
PG>51kw |
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Jacksonville |
15WSEC-DT NW 75kw/295m, |
|
|
39-36-09/90-02-47 |
||
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Macomb |
21WMEC-DTNW 75kw/131m, |
|
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40-23-54/90-43-55 |
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Moline |
38WQAD-DT NW 1000kw/334m |
|
|
Quincy |
38W38DM |
PR>49.9kw, 39-48-10/ 91-15-49 |
|
Rochelle |
55W55DF |
PG>85kw, 41-52-33/ 88-45-16 |
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Indiana: |
Bloomington 48WTTV-DT PA from ch. 53 Fort Wayne 24WPTA-DT NW 335kw/224m Indianapolis 45WXIN-DT PC>700kw Muncie 52WIPB-DT PR>140kw/246m,
40- 05-37/85-23-32
Terre Haute 38WB AK-TV XC 39-1 3-55/87-23-41 Iowa:
Des Moines 43960508KE NS 5000kw/525m,
41- 47-47/93-36-39 (IPBB//KDIN)
Des Moines 569601 17KE PR<589m
Ottumwa 21K21EM PR>150kw Ottumwa 53K53FC PG>1 50kw, QG from
minus offset to zero
Ottumwa 65K65G A PG>1 50kw Spencer 65KIAT-LP CCfromK65HI Storm Lake 53KMWT-LP CC from K53HW
Waterloo 22KWWF NW 500kw/28m,
42- 29-51/92-20-07; PG>3000kw/1 98m, 42-24-53/92-00-34
Kansas:
Hays 27NEW-LP AF dismissed
Hutchinson 29KPTS-DT LC DISMISSED Pittsburg 14KFJX NW 5000kw/163m,
37-13-15/94-42-22
(Fox)
Louisiana:
Baton Rouge 34WVLA-DT NW 1kw/31m,
30-22-40/91-05-49 Baton Rouge 45WGMB-DTNW 1000kw/424m Lafayette 16KADN-DT NW 1kw/67m,
30-13-18/92-03-50
Lafayette 28KATC-DT NW 10.8kw/41m,
30-13-25/92-03-20 New Orleans 15 WGNO-DT NW 870kw/309m New Orleans 40WNOL-DT NW 500kw/312m,
29-58-57/89-56-58
Maine:
Biddeford 26WMEA-TV PG<1 33kw/231 m
Presque Isle 16WAGM-DTNW 3kw/333m
Maryland:
Annapolis 22WMPT PC>273m, DA
Annapolis 42WMPT-DT NW 150kw/289m
Baltimore 29WMPB-DT NW 14kw/309m,
39-26-50/76-46-48 Hagerstown 44 WWPB-DT NW 209kw/359m
Pocomoke 17NEW-LP AF dismissed
City
Salisbury 32NEW-LP AF dismissed
Salisbury 56 WCPB-DT NW 130kw/157m
Salisbury 61W61DS PG>1 50kw, 38-39-48/
75-50-09;
XR 38-26-02/76-27-00
Massachuset
ts:
Boston 43 WGBX-DT NW 500kw/391m
Boston 67WTMU-LP PG<24.5kw
Norwell 52 WWDP-DTNW 337kw/216m,
42-00-45/71-05-39 Vineyard 58WDPX PC>1665kw/153m
Haven
Michigan:
Battle Creek 20WOTV-DT NW270kw/311m Bay City 4696071 0KZ QR from ch. 61,
281m, 43-26-07/84-26- 12
Kalamazoo 5WGVK-DT PR<2.5kw, DA
Lansing 27W69BJ QC from ch. 69, 8.5kw,
42-43-16/84-33-01
Lansing 53WLAJ PC<1410kw
Pinconning 44W44BO NW 250w, 43-50-46/
84- 05-32
Sault Ste. 9WGTQ-DT PR<24kw/288m Marie
Traverse City 12WLLZ-LP NW 70w, 44-45-22/
85- 40-42
Traverse City 54W54CR PC>30.45kw
Minnesota:
Alexandria 18K18DG FC to KARE (1 1 NBC)
Alexandria 21K21GN Off?
Alexandria 36K36AA Off?
Alexandria 44K44GH Off?
Alexandria 55K55ID FC to Great American
Country
Alexandria 60K60EJ FC to Good Life TV
Alexandria 62K62AU Hallmark Channel
Bemidji 18KAWE-DT NW 80kw/303m
Brainerd 48K48IF QC from K28DF,
1 ,14kw
Crookston 16KCGE-DT NW 105kw/220m,
47-58-38/96-36-18 (KBME-3 PBS)
Duluth 50NEW-LP AF dismissed
Duluth 51W51DN NS 7kw,
46-47-20/92-07-28
Frost 23K23FY NW 1 ,35kw, 43-35-09/
93-55-46
Frost 23K23FY PG<1 ,35kw
St. Cloud 40KPXM-DT NW 1000kw/430m
St. James 49K49HE PR>650w;
NW, 44-06-28/94-35- 55
Virginia 47K47IR NW 15.6kw, 47-29-18/
92-31-12 (KQDS-21) Walker 65K65DT FC to KMSP-9 (Fox)
Mississippi:
Biloxi 16WMAH-DTNW 150kw/477m,
30-45-18/88-56-44 Biloxi 1 9WM AH-TV PG<1 593kw/476m,
30-45-18/88-56-44
Bruce 65NEW-LP AF dismissed
Clarksdale 21 96091 9KK NS 759kw/94m, 34-
09-22/90-37-52 (MS ETV)
Greenwood 33NEW-LP AF dismissed
7
|
Jackson |
1 0WBMS-CA PC>3kw, QC from + offset to zero |
|
|
Tupelo |
49NEW |
PA from ch. 35 |
|
Vicksburg |
35WUFX |
NW 5000kw/253m, 32-19-35/90-37-03; Fox for Jackson |
|
Missouri: |
||
|
Columbia |
42K38DA |
NS 1 kw, 39-04-25/ 92-15-05 |
|
Kansas City |
41 KSHB-TV |
PC<306m, 38-58-42/ 94-32-02 |
|
Kansas City |
42KSHB-DT |
NW 450kw/276m, 38-58-42/94-32-02 |
|
St. Louis |
33K18BT |
QC from ch. 18, lOkw |
|
Montana: |
||
|
Big Arm |
3K03DJ |
PR>150w |
|
Bozeman |
34K34FI |
FC? sold to KECI-13 |
|
Butte |
24KBTZ |
NW 330kw/570m, 46-00-24/112-26-30 |
|
Deer Lodge |
22NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Elmo |
39K1 1 RX |
QR from ch. 11, 250w |
|
Finley Point |
30K06MQ |
QR from ch. 6, 250w |
|
Great Falls |
28NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Great Falls |
34NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Kalispell |
42KTMF-LP |
QG from ch. 59 |
|
Lewistown |
8NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Poison |
34K10LP |
QR from ch. 10, 250w |
|
Poplar |
57K57JG |
NS 91 Ow, 48-17-28/ 105-15-09 |
|
White Sulphur Springs |
7K07NU |
PR>60w, 46-27-44/ 110-51-22 dismissed but reinstated |
|
Whitehall |
40K40HL |
AF 374w, 45-55-15/ 112-01-15 dismissed but reinstated & granted |
|
Nebraska: |
||
|
Blair |
24K68AV |
QR from ch. 68 |
|
Decatur |
34K66AR |
QR from ch. 66 |
|
McCook |
12KSNK-DT |
NW 13.6kw/177m |
|
McCook |
38KPCI-LP |
CC from K38HI |
|
Neligh |
50K65AT |
QR from ch. 65, 1.1 kw |
|
Niobrara |
14K69BM |
QR from ch. 69 |
|
Norfolk |
16KXNE-DT |
NW 200kw/253m |
|
Norfolk |
57KPTP-LP |
CC from K57IY |
|
Scottsbluff |
16KTUW |
NS 2559kw, 41-50-23/ 103-49-35 |
|
Scottsbluff |
4KDUH-TV |
PC<446m, 41-50-28/ 103-04-27 |
|
Wauneta |
20K69BN |
QR from ch. 69 |
|
Nevada: |
||
|
Deeth |
41K41DL |
PC>920w |
|
Ely |
16NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Ely |
18NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Golconda |
26K26GG |
QC from K67FU |
|
Golconda |
31K31FU |
QC from K59DS |
|
Golconda |
33K33GB |
QC from ch. 64, 1 ,7kw |
|
Hawthorne |
33K33GZ |
NW 890w, 38-27-37/ 118-45-39 |
|
Las Vegas |
17KEEN-LP |
FC; sold to religious organization |
|
Mina-Luning |
18K18GG |
NW 470w, 38-23-40/118-03-00 |
|
Quinn River |
40K40FV |
QC from K69BJ, 760w |
|
Reno |
9KOLO-DT |
NW 15.6kw/893m |
|
Stateline |
59K59GM |
PC>8kw |
|
Valmy |
27K27GG |
QC fm. K69CC, 1 .13kw |
|
Valmy |
29K29EV |
QC from K65BL, |
1 ,13kw
|
Valmy |
34K34FP |
QC fm. K63BH, 1 ,13kw |
|
Walker Lake |
6K06NQ |
NW 400w, 38-36-27/118-34-28 |
|
Winnemucca |
21K21FO |
QC from K55CX, 1 ,49kw |
|
Winnemucca New Hampshire: |
23K23FR |
QC from K57CO, 1 ,49kw |
|
Concord |
33WPXG-DTNW 100kw/344m |
|
|
New Jersey: |
||
|
Cherry Hill |
42NEW-LP |
Application for review of dismissal of AF denied. |
|
New Mexico: |
||
|
Albuquerque |
36KTVS-LP |
QC from ch. 59, 30kw |
|
Artesia |
34K34HG |
NS 15kw, 32-49-47/104-24-20 |
|
Aztec |
44K61 BO |
QC from ch. 61, 1.1 2kw, 36-48-38/107- 53-52; CL from Bayfield, CO |
|
Carlsbad |
12KPAG-LP |
CC from K12PK |
|
Carlsbad |
36K36GD |
NW lOkw, 32-24-16/ 104-11-13; TBN |
|
Colfax |
30K57AB |
QC from ch. 57, 12.7kw |
|
Cuba |
34K34HF |
NS 2.23kw, 36-00-48/ 106-50-38 (KNME-5 PBS) |
|
Lordsburg |
40K40HJ |
NS 279w, 32-19- 40/108-43-36 (KASA-2 Fox) |
|
Tres Piedras |
28K53BA |
QC from ch. 53, 990w |
|
New York: |
||
|
Brooklyn |
3W38CL |
PR<750w, 40-44- 46/73-58-52; CL from Bronx |
|
Garden City |
22WUW-DT |
NW92kw/111m |
|
Kingston |
48WRNN-DTNW 750kw/378m, 41-29-18/73-56-56 |
|
|
North Pole |
14WPTZ-DT |
PG>650kw/842m, DA |
|
Philadelphia |
54NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Poughkeepsi 27WTBY-DT e North Carolina: |
NW 800kw/358m, 41-29-20/73-56-53 |
|
|
Asheville |
64WAEN-LP |
XC 35-27-40/82-21-27 |
|
Smithfield |
34WARZ-LP |
PR>70kw |
|
Tryon |
19W24BA |
QC from ch. 24, 1 ,23kw |
|
Wilmington |
3WWAY |
PC<565m |
|
Wilmington North Dakota: |
46 WWA Y-DTNW 800kw/590m |
|
|
Devils Lake |
33K30FU |
QC from ch. 23, 13.2kw |
|
Fargo |
44KVLY-DT |
PA from ch. 58 |
|
Minot |
21K21GQ |
NW, lOkw, 48-09-48/ 101-17-55; Church Channel |
|
Minot |
40KSRE-DT |
NW 146kw/249m, 48-03-02/101-23-25 |
|
Minot |
45KXMC-DT |
NW, 50kw/249m |
Ohio:
Alliance 46 WNEO-DT NW 400kw/223m
8
|
Cleveland |
34 WQHS-DT NW 525kw/334m, |
Knoxville |
7NEW-DT |
PA |
|
41-22-58/81-42-07 |
Lebanon |
44WJFB-DT NW 10.65kw/161m |
||
|
Defiance |
26WDFM-LP QC from ch. 19, 7.5kw |
Lenoir City |
24WDTT-LP |
QG from ch. 38, |
|
Kirtland |
38W51BI QR from ch. 51, |
7.51 kw, 35-59-44/83- |
||
|
18.8kw |
57-23 |
|||
|
Lima |
16WLMO-LP QR from ch. 65, 15kw |
Memphis |
10WKNO |
PC<324m |
|
dismissed, Canadian |
Memphis |
19WJRJ-LP |
PR>55kw, |
|
|
objection |
35-08-41/90-02-57 |
|||
|
Toledo |
17WTOL-DT NW 735kw/263m |
Union City |
26WUWT-CAPR>1 50kw |
|
|
Toledo |
22W22CO QR from ch. 68, Ikw, |
|||
|
41-39-22/83-26-41 |
Texas: |
|||
|
dismissed, Canadian |
Abilene |
60NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
|
objection |
Alvin |
36KFTH-DT |
NW 135kw/579m, |
|
|
Toledo |
29WGTE-DT NW 49.5kw/31 3m |
29-34-15/95-30-37 |
||
|
Austin |
42KEYE-TV |
PC>5000kw/380m, |
||
|
Oklahoma: |
30-19-19/97-48-12 |
|||
|
Lawton |
30K30HP NS 10.91kw, |
Baytown |
41KAZH-DT |
NW 125kw/553m, |
|
34-35-31/98-32-56 |
29-34-15/95-30-37 |
|||
|
Lawton |
38K38GL QC from ch. 15, 53kw |
Beaumont |
50KBMT-DT |
NW 10.5kw/33m, |
|
Lawton |
64K64GJ NS 21 .83kw, |
30-04-24/94-08-01 |
||
|
34-35-31/98-32-56 |
Beaumont |
53K53II |
NS lOOkw, 30-10-17/ |
|
|
Oklahoma City 19KUOT-CA CC from KKCC-LP |
94-12-57 |
|||
|
Belton |
38KNCT-DT |
NW 200kw/393m, |
||
|
Oregon: |
30-59-08/97-37-51 |
|||
|
Coos Bay |
22KMTZ-DT NW 10kw/179m |
Big Spring |
44NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Medford |
38KDRV-DT NW 38.9kw/819m |
Big Springs |
21NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Newberg |
51 KOXO-CA PC<1 1 8kw, 45-29-24/ |
Big Wells |
35NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
122-41-53 |
Big Wells |
36NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
|
Portland |
6KOIN PR<491 m |
Big Wells |
40NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Redmond |
25K25GA NW 11.8kw, 44-26-07/ |
Big Wells |
42NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
120-57-10; HSN |
Big Wells |
44NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
|
Salem |
33KWBP-DT NW 750kw/523m, |
Big Wells |
51NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
45-30-58/122-43-58 |
Conroe |
49KPXB |
PR>589m, 29-34-15/ |
|
|
Terrebonne |
48K48BL FC; country videos |
95-30-37 |
||
|
Warm Springs 28NEW-LP AF dismissed |
Corpus Christi |
61 KCCZ-LP |
CC from K61HH |
|
|
Crockett |
65K65HK |
NS 1 50kw, 31-14-39/ |
||
|
Pennsylvania |
95-19-53 |
|||
|
: |
Dallas |
14KERA-DT |
NW 475kw/500m |
|
|
Harrisburg |
10WHTM-DT PG 16.2kw/3 1 1m |
Decatur |
29KMPX |
PG>5000kw/544m, |
|
Jeannette |
19WNPA PC>340m, 40-10-52/ |
32-35-19/96-58-05; |
||
|
79-07-46 |
FC to Spanish indep. |
|||
|
Johnstown |
34WJAC-DT NW 250kw/383m |
Denton |
2KDTN |
FC; sold to religious |
|
organization |
||||
|
Rhode |
Fort Worth |
47KUVN-CA |
QC from ch. 31, |
|
|
Island: |
16.2kw |
|||
|
Block Island |
17WPXQ-DT PR 1000kw/228m, |
Gainesville |
69KBFW-LP |
CC from K69IL |
|
41-29-41/71-47-06 |
Houston |
26KRIV |
AF 224kw/526m, 29- |
|
|
34-34/95-30-36 (aux) |
||||
|
South |
Houston |
31KHOU-DT |
NW 759kw/551m |
|
|
Carolina: |
Houston |
43KHLM-LP |
PC>80.1kw, 29-48-18/ |
|
|
Charleston |
20W21BX QR from ch. 21, |
95-12-18; FC to |
||
|
18.7kw |
Bohemian Music |
|||
|
Myrtle Beach |
41W49AN QR from ch. 49, 50kw, |
Videos |
||
|
33-35-28/79-02-55 |
Katy |
52KNWS-DT NW 12.5kw/308m |
||
|
Spartanburg |
53WSPA-DT PC>875kw/657m |
Kerrville |
15KVHC-LP |
PG<7.71kw |
|
Sumter |
27WRJA-TV PR<647kw |
Longview |
38KCEB |
GA from ch. 54 |
|
Sumter |
28WRJA-DT PR>98. 4kw/364m; |
Midland |
21K21GU |
NS lOkw, 31-57-48/ |
|
already granted |
102-02-17 |
|||
|
Midland |
34K34HH |
NS 50kw, 32-08-47/ |
||
|
South |
102-04-23 |
|||
|
Dakota: |
Odessa |
4K04PU |
NS 900w, 31-55-06/ |
|
|
Pierre |
27K27HJ NW 1 1 ,6kw, 44-1 8-42/ |
102-22-06 |
||
|
100-21-09 (KDLV-5 |
Odessa |
9KWES-TV |
PR>391 m, 31-59-17/ |
|
|
NBC) |
102-52-41; drop DA |
|||
|
Rapid City |
27KWBH-LP CC from KZWB-LP |
Odessa |
38KOCV-DT |
NW 500kw/80m |
|
Sioux Falls |
36KWSD CC from KAUN |
Odessa |
46K46HN |
NS 50kw, 31-53-28/ |
|
Sioux Falls |
42KAUN-LP CC from KXWB-LP |
102-15-45 |
||
|
Vermillion |
34KUSD-DT granted DA |
Pecos |
54NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Ranger |
44NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
||
|
Tennessee: |
San Angelo |
3KSAN-TV |
CC from KACB-TV |
|
|
Acton |
66W66CG PG>1 50kw |
San Angelo |
49K49HS |
NS 30kw, 31-35-21/ |
|
Jackson |
38W38BY PG>1 50kw |
100-31-00; one |
||
|
Jackson |
52W52CZ PG>1 50kw |
competing app |
||
|
Jackson |
54W54BU PG>1 50kw |
dismissed |
||
|
Jackson |
64W64BZ PG>1 50kw |
9
|
San Antonio |
23KHCE |
PC>2032kw/327m, 29-17-24/98-15-20 |
|
San Antonio |
14K57GO |
PC>53.1kw, 29-26-29/ 98-30-22 |
|
Sweetwater |
27NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Sweetwater |
41NEW-LP |
AF dismissed |
|
Utah: |
||
|
Antimony |
42K42FB |
QC from K54CO, 720w, 38-10-57/112- 02-25 |
|
Antimony |
44K44GA |
QC from K56AZ, 720w, 38-10-57/112- 02-25 |
|
Beaver |
24K24FE |
QC from K69EW, 960w, 38-31-05/113- 17-03 |
|
Blanding |
43K43IN |
NS 300w, 37-50-22/ 109-27-41 |
|
Bloomington |
22KUWB-LP |
QC from ch. 65, 790w |
|
Brian Head |
43K43IO |
NS 75w, 37-41-25/112-49-45 |
|
Cedar City |
2K02NU |
PC>1 ,78kw |
|
Cedar City |
39K39FQ |
QC from K22EK |
|
Cedar City |
41K41GE |
QC from K24DC |
|
Delta |
41K41GH |
QC from K40DR, 2.63kw |
|
Delta |
43K43GN |
QC from K66EH, 2.6kw |
|
Fish Lake |
13K13YL |
NS 4w, 38-31-13/ 111-43-29 |
|
Garfield Co. |
16K16EQ |
QC from K59AK, 1 ,38kw |
|
Garfield Co. |
18K18FT |
QC from K61AH, 1 ,36kw |
|
Garfield Co. |
20K20GE |
QC from K63AG, 1 ,36kw |
|
Garfield Co. |
22K22FT |
QC from K65AL, 1 ,3kw |
|
Garfield Co. |
24K24FD |
QC from K250C, 1 ,3kw |
|
Garfield Co. |
26K26GD |
QC from K27CE, 1 ,36kw |
|
Garfield Co. |
28K28GM |
QC from K67BT, 1.38kw, 38-32-10/112- 04-19 (old ch. 67 coords 112-41-19 probably a typo) |
|
Garfield Co. |
30K30GA |
QC from K23EJ |
|
Laketown |
48K48GV |
QC from K38AL, 1 ,2kw |
|
Laketown |
50K50GA |
QC from K36DZ, 1.2kw |
|
Logan |
41K41GQ |
QC from K53AP, 2.6kw |
|
Logan |
43K43GR |
QC from K55BM, 2.8kw |
|
Logan |
47K47HW |
QC from K59BC, 2.8kw |
|
Marysvale |
46K46FX |
QC from K32AL, 570w |
|
Marysvale |
48K48GS |
QC from K30CW, 570w |
|
Milford |
20K20GH |
QC from K63BY, 960w, 38-31-05/113- 17-03 |
|
Mount |
46K46HO |
NS 1 ,8kw, |
|
Pleasant |
39-32-21/111-23-17 |
|
|
Mount |
48K48IL |
NS 1 ,8kw, |
|
Pleasant |
39-32-21/111-23-17 |
|
|
New Harmony 49K49GA |
QC from K52DW |
|
|
New Harmony 51K51GI |
QC from K54DS |
|
|
Park City |
57K57JB |
NW 730w, 40-51-15/ 111-28-51 |
|
Randolph |
26K26GH |
QC from K47AI, 1.2kw |
|
Randolph |
34K34FR |
QC from K49AP, 1.2kw |
|
Randolph |
36K36FS |
QC from K51AP, 1.2kw |
|
Randolph |
40K40FY |
QC from K53AX, 1.2kw |
|
Randolph Co. |
35K35GI |
QC from K66FC, 840w |
|
Rockville |
40K40FU |
QC from K60BI, 3.54kw |
|
Salina |
15K15FF |
QC from K64BC, 160w |
|
Salina |
17K17FC |
QC from K68DI, 160w |
|
Salina |
23K23FK |
QC from K60FD, 160w |
|
Salt Lake City 40KTVX-DT |
NW 476kw/1256m, 40-39-33/112-12-07 |
|
|
Salt Lake City |
66K66FN |
PR>38kw, 40-39-35/ 112-12-02; already granted |
|
St. George |
67K67HK |
NW 1 ,3kw, 37-03-50/113-34-23 |
|
Toquerville |
23K23FQ |
QC from K66BP, 2.57kw |
|
Virgin |
25K25HB |
QC from K62BR, 540w |
|
Virginia: |
||
|
Charlottesville |
50W50CM |
QG from ch. 19; already on |
|
Richmond |
23WCVE-TV PC 2300kw/346m |
|
|
Tazewell |
21W21CG |
NS Ikw, 37-11-27/81-31-49 |
Vermont:
Windsor 22W22CS PR>2.6kw; PC<130w
Washington:
Ellensburg 49KWWA-LP PC<8kw
Yakima 27KAZW-LP QG from ch. 14, 44kw,
46-31-57/120-30-37
Yakima 41KCYU-LP PG>25.4kw,
46-31-57/120-30-37
West
Virginia:
Huntington 45WBWV-LP PR<20.8kw
Weirton 18W18DD QG from W57BH,
150kw
Weston 6WDTV-DT QG from ch. 58,
10kw/248m
Wisconsin:
Ashland 31 K31 HF NS 7.6kw, 46-41 -
30/90-59-27 (WDIO-10 ABC)
Kenosha 40WPXE-DT PG 830kw/358m
Madison 20WHA-DT NW 124kw/408m
(aux)
Wausau 24 WHRM-DTNW 90kw/387m
Wyoming:
Casper
Casper
Cheyenne
15KGWC-DT PR<1 1.5kw/572m, 42-44-37/106-18-31
33K33GI FC, sold to TBN
13K08NK QR from ch. 8,
41-07-01/104-40-07
u.s.
Possessions:
American
Samoa:
Pago Pago 11K11UU
Pago Pago 30K30HO
Pago Pago 32K32GL
NW 3kw, 14-21-14/ 170-44-18 NS 2kw, 14-16-12/ 170-41-10 (TBN) NS 2kw, 14-16-12/ 170-41-10 (TBN)
10
Pago Pago Pago Pago Pago Pago
34K34HI NS 2kw, 14-16-12/ 170-41-10 (TBN) 36K36GY NS 2kw, 1 4-1 6-1 2/ 170-41-10 (TBN) 38K38HX NS 2kw, 1 4-1 6-1 2/ 170-41-10 (TBN)
Guam:
Tamuning 14KTGM PG 6.8kw/74m,
13-29-15/144-49-05
Puerto Rico:
Ponce 7WSTE
Notes:
PR<1 00kw/64m, 18-02-52/66-39-16
Thanks to Jeff Kruszka, Dave Williams, Mike Bugaj, Kevin Redding, and Fred McCormack for information appearing elsewhere in this column.
Nothing happened in Canada this month. The CRTC did propose a must-carry regimen for digital TV on Canadian cable systems. Cable systems in the U.S. must carry either a qualified station's digital signal or its analog signal. Under the CRTC proposal, Canadian cable systems will be required to carry both on any "priority" signal.
Remember that WSTE-7 in Puerto Rico recently applied for a special "multiple main transmitters" license. They proposed to operate full-power transmitters on channel 7 in three locations on the island, each location shielded from the others by Puerto Rico's mountainous terrain.
My educated guess is that the WSTE application above is for just one of these transmitters. In other words, it doesn't reflect the major decrease in overall coverage that the numbers suggest.
Yes, TBN won five new permits in American Samoa. My educated guess is they won't build all five. However...
Note the new "Church Channel" station in Minot, North Dakota. This new network is operated by TBN. Their website indicates the network carries church services. This is the third network operated by TBN, the other two being their main network most DXers are familiar with, and a Spanish-language service. It's interesting to note there is no station on the "regular" TBN network in Minot. (I wonder if K21GQ's carraige of the Church Channel is a mistake - if the satellite receiver is on the wrong channel?)
The new stations in Des Moines, Hot Springs, and Clarksdale are the first to be awarded under the new policy for resolving mutually- exclusive non-commercial applications. Applicants receive points for being an established local organization; for diversity of ownership (not owning any other stations); for operating a state-wide network; and for offering better coverage. (higher
power/antenna)
(the whole process has been appealed to the D.C. Circuit Court by the American Family Association - presumably this appeal has to do with the process' application to radio applications but the results will be binding on TV as well.)
A special public notice was released on October 23rd detailing the progress of the DTV conversion. As of the beginning of October, 563 DTV stations are on the air with full licensed facilities and 695 with special temporary authority. This adds up to 1,258 stations or roughly 75% of all TV stations.
141 stations have sought a third six-month extension of their DTV construction permits. Of these, 104 provided evidence of good reason for delays, and were granted
extensions. Another 30 are "satellite" high- power relay facilities. The Commission is considering excusing these stations from
gradual transition to digital and allowing them to instantly switch from analog to digital at the 2006 deadline.
Some of the reasons given for granting extensions included the 9/11 attacks;
transmitter manufacturers filing for bankruptcy; and two typhoons (KUAM-DT, Guam) The Commission itself is at fault for delays at fifty stations. Twenty are awaiting action on applications to change their DTV channel
assignment; 21 more are waiting for action on other modification requests or have received approval too late to complete construction by November 1st. KXGR-DT and WBAK-DT are awaiting action on applications to transfer their licenses to new owners.
Twenty-two stations convinced the Commission they can't afford to complete DTV construction on time. It may not surprise one to learn KYUS-DT Miles City, Montana (widely regarded as the smallest full-license station in the USA) is one of them.
Seven stations' extension requests were denied. (WSJU, WDWL, WVUE, KMVU, WKBW, WICZ, and WJAR) These stations are officially admonished and required to (Continued on page 15)
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PSIP
ATSC Primer Part III
Doug Smith
We've already discussed two types of PES data packets: video, and audio. We've also already discussed the fact that you can transmit more than one TV program on a single ATSC DTV station at the same time. This means there must be at least two video streams, and at least two audio streams. How does your TV set know which one to display?
That, among many other things, is the purpose of the Program and System Information Protocol, or PSIP, packets. The PSIP describes eight different tables, of which five are necessary for reception of an ATSC signal. Those tables are:
©STT - System Time Table
©MGT - Master Guide Table
©VCT - Virtual Channel Table
©RRT - Ratings Region Table
©EIT - Event Information Table
©#ETT - Extended Text Table
©#DCCT - Directed Channel Change Table
©#DCCST - Directed Channel Change Selection Code Table
# these tables are optional.
STT - the system time table is simple. It contains the transmitter's opinion of the correct time, sent once every second.
MGT - this table tells the ATSC receiver where to look for the other tables.
VCT - this table tells the receiver where to look for the audio and video streams associated with a given program. It also tells the receiver what to call that program. Some of the fields in the VCT include the:
®Major channel number- generally same as the station's analog channel, this is displayed to the user.
© Minor channel number -this distinguishes between different programs on the same ATSC station. Zero is reserved for the station's analog signal. Generally, 1 is used for the first digital program, and additional minor channel numbers counting up from there.
© Transport Stream Identification - this tells the receivers which audio and video streams go with a given major and minor channel number.
®Short Name - this is the name of the program, something like “KXYZ-HD”. It's the “text ID” commonly mentioned in the VUD.
RRT - The RRT is the implementation of the “V-chip” for digital TV. It defines which program acceptability ratings are possible for a given region or country. The actual rating is in the EIT and/or PMT.
EIT - At least four EITs are (theoretically) required. (EIT-0, EIT-1, EIT-2, EIT-3) Additional EITs through EIT-127 are permitted, and 24 recommended1. Each EIT is the guide to 3 hours worth of programming. With a maximum of 128 EITs, 16 days of program guide material can be transmitted. If a station has more than one virtual channel, it may have more than one EIT with the same number. One EIT-0 may apply to WTVF-HD, virtual channel 5-1 , while another EIT-0 would apply to WTVF-5+, virtual channel 5-2.
The Extended Text Table (ETT) allows the transmission of more descriptive information about virtual channels or program events. I've never seen it used. Likewise for the DCCT and associated DCCST. These tables are intended to allow the station to cause your receiver to change channels on cue - for example, to carry a special regional commercial, or local weather.
ATSC recommends minimum repetition rates for these tables. The most frequent is the MGT, which is to be transmitted every 150 milliseconds. The VCT is to be sent every 400ms. (this means the “text ID” is sent 21/2 times a second, far more frequently than any other identifying information in the DTV signal.) As mentioned above, the STT clock information is to be sent every second. The frequency of the EITs depends on which EIT: EIT-0 is sent twice a second; EIT-1 every three seconds; and EITs 2 and 3 every minute. There appears to be no standard for EITs 4-127.
All of these tables are assembled into 188-byte packets. They are then multiplexed with video and other data, and sent to the 8VSB modulator for transmission. More on all of that later... (I'll bet this paragraph was familiar... again...)
II have never seen a station with more than four EITs. I have also never seen a station put anything in their EITs except “Regular Schedule”. Two Nashville stations have no EITs, but seem to decode just fine.
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WESTERN TV DX
VICTOR FRANK 12450 SKYLINE BLVD.
WOODSIDE, CA 94062-4554 Victor.frank@sri.com
Dennis Park Smith, 3605 San Remo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-2523 (805)687-7803
This report is for October 2003. The southern-California coastal tropo continued to exist, as it has been, in its “summer” pattern, and continued through Oct. 25, averaging fair to good during that time, with quite a high inversion layer boundary with its associated stable and quiet conditions, and on Oct. 26 approaching very good because the boundary was lower. There was no tropo Oct. 27-28, and this was when our southern- California fires flared up with windy conditions. The tropo returned with a low boundary (very good) on Oct. 29, but then disappeared with changing cooler weather and eventual rain (the start of the “winter” pattern) on Oct. 31 (rain went on further south into fire areas somewhat, on Nov. 1).
Wasco Report
I was in Wasco on Oct. 15-17, and observed another new regular on the air: K11VA 11 Bakersfield (Telemundo, Spanish), very good, at 45 miles. Very weak occasional offset CCI may have been from KNTV 1 1 San Jose at 175 miles. Also noted under new KFAZ-CA 8 Visalia (Azteca America, Spanish) at approx. 50 miles was weak but consistent offset CCI, which may have been K08MM Bakersfield (new tentative).
Best of DX to All. Dennis
William Eckberg, 1032 Sterling Rd., Dixon, IL 61021-9355
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WOCK-CA 13 IL Chicago |
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0545 |
WCFT |
33 AL |
593 |
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WAFF |
48 AL |
503 |
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WIAT |
42 AL |
582 |
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WFIQ |
36 AL |
483 |
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WTTO |
21 AL |
582 |
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WJSU |
40 AL |
585 |
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WTJP |
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551 |
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WHNT |
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503 |
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WZDX |
54 AL |
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WUXP |
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Late AM on October 24 I saw 600 mile tropo to Alabama. Birmingham-42 and Anniston-40 were snowfree late. Local enhancement was below average, creating ideal conditions. It was strictly a super Alabama opening with a poor Nashville-30.
I’m convinced tropo went down to Montgomery and Selma. These stations escaped identification. A stationary front went across northern LA, southern MS, AL, and GA. A cold front was in western IA.
I saw C/B and ID from Arbury Hills-46 on one night only. The town has 1 ,300 population and is east of Batavia.
I saw my first hi-VHF LP tropo on ch. 13. I also saw Es on Oct. 25 to the SW and on Oct. 29 to PQ at2100CST. No ID on the latter.
Eric Bueneman (N0UIH), 631 Coachway Lane, Hazelwood, MO 63042-1347 E-mail: N0UIHEric@aol.com Web site: http://www.qsl.net/nOuih/
Equipment: Alaron 12-inch black and white TV, Samsung 19-inch color TV, Radio Shack VU- 210XR with RS Archerotor at 35 feet (10.6 meters) above ground level
All times CDT, all distances in miles/kilometers
August 19, 2003 (trop)
0248 WXYZ 7 Ml Detroit 460/740 0252 WDRB 41 KY Louisville 250/402 0254 WLKY 32 KY Louisville 250/402 0255 WFYI 20 IN Indianapolis 240/386 0303 WBKI 34 KY Campbellsville 290/467 0323 WTTK 29 IN Kokomo "Indiana's WB 4" 255/410
0324 WANE 15 IN Fort Wayne 320/515
0327 WSBT 22 IN South Bend 300/483
0330 WISE 33 IN Fort Wayne (ex-WKJG) 320/515
0332 WSJV 28 IN Elkhart 305/491
0338 WNDY 23 IN Marion "UPN Indiana" 285/459
0353 WCLJ 42 IN Bloomington 210/338
August 20, 2003 (trop)
0345 WOTV 41 Ml Battle Creek 365/587
0350 WCPX 38 IL Chicago 255/410
0352 WNDU 16 IN South Bend 300/483
0353 WLS 7 IL Chicago "ABC 7" 255/410
0357 WDRB 41 KY Louisville 250/402
0359 WFYI 20 IN Indianapolis 240/386
0402 WHIO 7 OH Dayton 340/547
0405 WLFI 18 IN Lafayette (thru K18BT) 225/362
August 21, 2003 (trop)
0234 KOLR 10 MO Springfield 190/306 0236 KMBC 9 MO Kansas City 225/362
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0241 KSPR 33 MO Springfield "Springfield 33" 190/306
0242 KOZK 21 MO Springfield 190/306 0243 KYTV 3 MO Springfield 190/306 0246 KCWE 29 MO Kansas City 225/362
August 24, 2003 (trop)
2230 WRTV 6 IN Indianapolis "RTV 6" 240/386
2231 Indianapolis 8, 13, 20, 40 (Grade B), 59 (Grade A) 240/386
2232 WSNS 44 IL Chicago 255/410
2245 WSJV 28 IN Elkhart 305/491
2247 WHIO 7 OH Dayton 340/547
2248 WISE 33 IN Fort Wayne 320/51 5
2249 WWHO 53 OH Chillicothe "UPN Columbus"
2249 WWHO 53 OH Chillicothe “UPN Columbus”
400/644
2253 WANE 15 IN Fort Wayne 320/515 2258 WKPC 15 KY Louisville (KET-1) 250/402 2300 WKPI 22 KY Pikeville (KET-1) 435/700 2307 WKON 52 KY Owenton (KET-1) 305/491 2312 WBXX 20 TN Crossville (under WFYI) 355/571
2315 WCVN 54 KY Covington (KET-1) 325/523 2319 WSTR 64 OH Cincinnati "WB 64" 320/515 2322 WYMT 57 KY Hazard 410/660 2341 WKGB 53 KY Bowling Green (KET-1)
220/354
2346 WKZT 23 KY Elizabethtown (KET-1) 265/426
2352 WKPD 29 KY Paducah (KET-1) 155/249
2353 WKMU 21 KY Murray (KET-1) 190/306
August 25, 2003 (trop)
0000 WXIX 19 KY Newport 325/523
0018 WRGT 45 OH Dayton "Fox 45" 340/547
0019 WKEF 22 OH Dayton "NBC 22" 340/547
0030 WTTE 28 OH Columbus "Fox 28" 405/652
0045 WIPB 49 IN Muncie 255/410
0055 WNWO 24 OH Toledo (under KNLC) 415/668
0100 KMC I 38 KS Lawrence "38 The Spot"
255/410
0105 Springfield, MO 3, 10, 21, 33 190/306 01 10 WKMJ 68 KY Louisville (KET-2) 250/402 0742 WCET 48 OH Cincinnati 320/515 2219 WDKA 49 KY Paducah "WB 49" (K49FC nulled) 155/249
2241 WKMR 38 KY Morehead (KET-1) 380/612
2242 WKLE 46 KY Lexington (KET-1) (through WRBU) 330/531
2246 WUPX 67 KY Morehead 380/612
2247 WLFG 68 VA Grundy (WKMJ nulled) 460/740
2250 K45CA 45 MO Cape Girardeau (WTCT-27) 115/184
2256 WBKI-CA 28 KY Louisville 250/402
2300 WLEX 18 KY Lexington (K18BT nulled) 330/531
2301 WKYT 27 KY Lexington 330/531
2302 WHAS 1 1 KY Louisville (KPLR nulled) 250/402
2324 WAVE 3 KY Louisville (through WSIL) 250/402
2335 WIPX 63 IN Bloomington 210/338
August 26, 2003 (trop)
0029 W29CS 29 IN Shelburn (3ABN) 160/258 01 14 WTWO 2 IN Terre Haute (KTVI nulled) 170/274
021 1 WIPB 49 IN Muncie 255/41 0
0301 WPXK 54 TN Jellico (ID w/WPXK-DT 23) 375/604
0308 WBXX 20 TN Crossville 355/571 0405 WNPX 28 TN Cookeville 325/523 0406 WBNA 21 KY Louisville 250/402
September 15, 2003 (trop)
0805 Cincinnati, OH 48, 64 320/515 0806 Louisville, KY 32, 41 250/402
September 17, 2003 (trop)
0730 Peoria, IL 25, 47, 59 140/225
October 20, 2003 (trop)
0734 Chicago, IL 32, 38 255/410 0725 Urbana, IL 12, 27 155/249 0736 Champaign, IL 3, 15 150/240 0737 WVUT 22 IN Vincennes 135/217 0740 WAZE 19 KY Madisonville 190/306
The trop opening of August 19 was mostly an Indiana and Kentucky opening; WXYZ 7 was noted carrying a commercial for a car dealer's post¬ blackout sale. Detroit was hit hard by the blackout in the northeastern United States a week earlier.
Did note a call letter change for WISE 33 (last logged as WKJG). August 20 brought in WOTV 41 as the only Michigan station that morning; it was a Chicago-Louisville opening. The opening on August 21 was an all-Missouri opening.
The VHF and UHF bands were wide open between August 24 and 26. Chicago was noted on 44, along with several Indiana and Ohio stations before 2300 on the 24th. After 2300, the action moved into Kentucky; noting WKPI 22 for another KET-1 station in the logbook. After midnight on the 25th, it was mostly Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio in; the only station noted from west of Missouri was KMCI 38. Springfield was the only other MO market in besides St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. It's not common to note two stations in at once on UHF Channel 68 (unless you live in Nashville or Lexington), but it happened in St. Louis! WKMJ was in with KET-2 programming (it's KET-2's only analog affiliate, as far as I know); separate program from KET-1 on WKPC 15. The other station in was my first trop catch from Virginia; WLFG Grundy with Christian programming. Also pulled in WUPX 67, albeit with a weaker signal than WKMR 38. Finally pulled in long sought-after WAVE 3 with Jay Leno through WSIL for station #450 from this QTH. WHAS 1 1 was also noted with Nightline through KPLR. Toward the end of the opening in the wee hours of August 26, I noted WTWO 2 tearing up KTVI. Some trops were also noted on September 15 with Cincinnati and Louisville in, and two mornings later with Peoria in on 47 (through WRBU-DT) and 59 (noted with a fair signal). Minor trop also made it in on October 20, with Chicago (with the exception of WSNS 44) and Champaign/Urbana making it in, along with WAZE 19 and WVUT 22.
As of September 1 , 2003, 450 stations have been logged at this QTH.
73, Eric (N0UIH)
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Kevin Redding, Mesa Arizona
The url for the new Channel 19 in Mesa, AZ is:
http://www.bohemiaafterdark.com.
Jeff Kruszka, 5024 S. Braxton Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70817
September 2003 CT 5 tr 1817 KLRT 16 AR
KTHV 1 1 AR
9 tr 0659 KALB-DT 35 LA
LA station #1 00 95 15 GW 2056 WGNO-DT 15 LA 20 tr 1014 KTBS-DTt 28 LAsync lock toNW 29 tr 2254 WUFX 35 MS “Fox 35,”
per tip from Chris Carter 1 20
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See Matt Sittel’s website for PSIP information on the DTV’s. That’s a great database he’s establishing; I hope more of us will contribute.
TV NEWS CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1 1
submit additional reports on their progress.
Kevin says the KPHE-LP (ch. 19, Phoenix) ID also specifies "DT 43". Presumably this means
K43GV is operating as a DTV station, simulcasting analog KPHE? This would make it the second
regularly-licensed digital LPTV I'm aware of. KPHE is carrying "Bohemian Music Videos"; their
website says KHLM-LP in Houston is to soon begin carrying the same network. Maybe there will be a digital LPTV in Houston too? (there's no mention of DT 43 in Phoenix on the website)
Fred has noticed there's a long delay in the audio between the TBN in Minneapolis
(K58BS) and the one in Rochester. (K56HW) It's "like a whole word". Apparently some TBNs are fed via a different satellite feed than others?
Fred also provided the programming information that appears above for the Alexandria, MN translators. He notes that he's listed K62AU as the Hallmark Channel before, while I was still listing it as Odyssey, and wonders if they might be the same thing? It seems Odyssey changed its name (three years ago!) and I managed to miss the change. K62AU is the only over-the-air station carrying this network, so I'm not too embarrassed over it<grin>!
Tropo's been rather flat around here. My best success in November was on a car radio in Iowa when I caught three Des Moines FM stations off the air due to high winds! Here's hoping things are better where you are.
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to visit the Marconi site as soon as the car returns. Car returns. Wife wants to shop in Provincetown. I postpone the Marconi until the morning. Shopping is uneventful. Evening is spent sitting out on the veranda and utilizing the heated pool.
Monday - Sept 15th - I arrive at the Marconi site where the trans-Atlantic transmissions took place. Setting up, I log a new Cape Cod Station WDVT 93.5 in Harwichport and then I log the only DX of the trip...WMSJ 89.3, Freeport, ME, shades of Marconi! Nothing else of consequence heard.
After a bicycle excursion through the Cape Cod National Seashore Park, we decide to head home. At 2:30pm we head down Route 6, over the Sagamore Bridge and up 495
towards home. I listen a bit to WBOT 97.7 in Brockton before tuning to the oldies station, 101.5, WWBB in Providence. Wife re-re-claims the radio as we exit 495. She tunes to 96.1 WSRS in Worcester, MA which accompanies us through Bellingham, Mendon, Uxbridge and back into Douglas.
The house is still standing and the kids are hungry. Vacation (DXpedition?) is over.
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TO-NEWS
December 2003
Jeff Kruszka, Editor 5024 S. Braxton Ave. Baton Rouge, LA 70817 jkruszka@bellsouth.net
It’s time to see some stuff yours truly picked up this summer, as well as some “alternate shots” from the Super tropo event back in May:
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910 mi Es seen 6/13/03 |
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XHGV-4 Las Lajas, VE 850 mi Es seen 7/2/03 @1753 CT
“RTV (Radiotelevisidn de Veracruz) logo lower right”
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VACATION OR DXPEDITION?
Sometimes It’s Hard to Tell
BILL SMITH, WA1NYV
For the first time in twenty years, our annual mini-September vacation to Provincetown on the top of Cape Cod would be taken without the benefit of children. This would mean that I could possibly do some FM DXing as I used to do in those dimly remembered pre-married times. My wife assured me that this was to be a “restful” vacation - no whale watches, sunset cruises or shopping expeditions. I could even be in charge of the car radio.
Pre-vacation (DXPedition?) plans commenced. The main FM receiver at home is an ancient Hallicrafters SX-62A which is not exactly portable, weighing about 40 pounds. However, my parents had a Radio Shack Patrolman SW60, which although not exactly “state-of-the-art”, was battery powerable, had provisions for headphones and also tuned various other frequencies. I also borrowed a pair of binoculars, avoiding the adage “neither a borrower or lender be.” An order was placed for the 1 9th edition of the FM Atlas. It arrived promptly. I advised my wife that a 2:30pm departure of Friday, Sept 12, would allow us to avoid the infamous Cape Cod traffic.
Thursday, Sept 11, I am packed and ready. My wife assures me everything will be a “go” at 2:30 the following day.
Friday, Sept 12, 2:30pm. My wife has yet to begin packing. Several testy moments follow. Departure reset for 4:30. We depart Douglas, MA at 4pm. Wife tells me “We are leaving one half hour early.” It is a beautiful late summer day. I turn on the car radio to sounds of WBRU 95.5, remnants of the kids... heavy metal from Providence, Rl (20 miles south). I retune from bottom up, for bandscan, and get WGAO 88.3 Franklin, MA. We head east on Route 16 through Uxbridge and Mendon, then to Route 140 into Bellingham and then Franklin.
At Franklin, we take 1-495 south, a straight 40 mile shot to the Cape Cod Canal. At this point, wife reclaims the radio and I miss trying for several low power stations en route. She tunes WPRO 92.3 in Providence; WPLM 99.1 Plymouth, MA and finally settles on WCTK 98.1 New Bedford, MA which is twenty miles down the road and has the benefit of being both country and western.
Five pm - traffic jam - I- 495 drops a line just past route 24, an infamous MA bottleneck. We crawl along. Wife announces she is going to take a nap. I reclaim the radio and get “the Wave” 101.1, WTWV in Mashpee on the other side of the canal. I find out it’s just a 20 minute slowdown and that
the Bourne and Sagamore rotaries are “slightly” clogged.
Finally, 1-495 adds two lanes and I zip into Bourne. I drive parallel to the Cape Cod Canal before hitting a 10 minute snag at the Sagamore rotary. A rotary is a traffic device that occurs when engineers can think of nothing else to do. It is a phenomenon which occurs often in Massachusetts.
I cross the canal via the Sagamore Bridge. Wife still sleeping. I tune to WPXC “Pixie 103” (102.9) in Hyannis and then to WQRC 99.9 in Barnstable. Route 6 turns into 2 lanes for 13 miles and then into a rotary. I get Chatham at 107.5. Wife awakens and announces she is near starvation. We sup at Arnold’s Clam Bar, “best clams on Cape Cod.”
After a brief stop at the Wellfleet Country Store, we arrive at the Tides Motel in Provincetown. Our rooms are about 100 feet from Cape Cod Bay with a view of Provincetown Harbor and the Pilgrim Monument. Radio-wise, there is a large dune to the south, but it’s a clear shot in all other directions with nothing between me and Europe to the northeast. WOMR 92.1 Provincetown is overwhelming on several locations on the dial. Only thing unusual is the presence of two Coast Guard cutters anchored offshore to get out of the way of Hurricane Isabel.
Saturday morning - Sept. 13th. Today is beautiful. No sign of a hurricane although one of the cutters has left. We journey a few miles to the Cape Race to check the surf on the ocean side. Nothing unusual and Cape Race Lighthouse gleams in the sunlight.
We decide to go into Provincetown for lunch at the Lobster Pot. After lunch, wife returns to the motel. I grab the radio and walk out on the breakwater and past Wood End Lighthouse built in 1822. Nothing between me and Europe. All the Boston stations are loud. I log WXTK 95.1 West Yarmouth, WCIB 101.9 Falmouth “Cool Classics”, WKPE 104.7 Orleans, WOCN 102.9 S. Yarmouth, WCOD 106.1 Hyannis - all of these on Cape Cod. Best logging is WRZE “the Rose”, 96.3 on Nantucket Island.
I hike back and take wife to supper at Montagnos, and Italian eatery with good Veal Parmigan. Evening is spent watching the surf and engaging in activities totally unrelated to DXing.
Sunday - Sept 14th - Morning is spent sunbathing and wading at the motel. Wife leaves to have lunch and visit relatives. I watch the Patriots game and make decision ( Continued on page 1 5 )
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Antennas: For all 2003 E skip a CM Probe 9 at 8 feet and for all 2003 Tropo one or two CM Probe 9’s at 45 feet (when using both antennas a Bolin Phase Box was also used). Mileage is last number.
May 13 Es
1 447 noted MUF to at least 1 02.9 with Monterrey NL May 14
1142 Z??? 100.3
May 25 Es
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1513 |
WMGM |
103.7 |
Atlantic City |
NJ |
|
1524 |
WGCO |
98.3 |
Midway |
GA |
|
1531 |
WACL |
98.5 |
Elkton |
VA |
|
1537 |
WXVA |
98.3 |
Charlestown |
WV |
|
1541 |
WJXN |
105.9 |
Lewes |
DE |
|
1544 |
WFXH |
106.1 |
Hilton Head |
SC |
|
1547 |
WRCQ |
103.5 |
Dunn |
NC |
|
1549 |
WZXS |
103.9 |
Topsail Beach |
NC |
|
1558 |
WQMG |
97.1 |
Greensboro |
NC |
|
1602 |
WWWV |
97.5 |
Charlottesviile |
VA |
|
1611 |
WRDU |
106.1 |
Wilson |
NC |
|
1616 |
WNCT |
107.9 |
Greenville |
NC |
|
1620 |
WCCA |
106.3 |
Shallotte |
NC |
|
1621 |
WSFL |
106.5 |
New Bern |
NC |
|
1625 |
WRSF |
105.7 |
Columbia |
NC |
|
1630 |
WBRW |
105.3 |
Blacksburg |
VA |
|
1632 |
WSVY |
105.3 |
Norfolk |
VA |
|
1633 |
Unid |
106.3 |
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|
1635 |
WTTX |
107.1 |
Appomattox |
VA |
|
1651 |
WAFX |
106.9 |
Suffolk |
VA |
|
1654 |
WJJZ |
106.1 |
Philadelphia |
PA |
|
1658 |
WARM |
103.3 |
York |
PA |
|
1700 |
WBLS |
107.5 |
New York |
NY |
|
1701 |
WBYN |
107.5 |
Boyertown |
PA |
|
1702 |
WEBE |
107.9 |
Westport |
CT |
|
1702 |
WPRB |
103.3 |
Princeton |
NJ |
|
1711 |
WXKS |
107.9 |
Medford |
MA |
|
1714 |
WMRV |
105.7 |
Endicott |
NY |
1161
“Drive around the streets of Nassau
Steel Pier and Woodbine Ads 864 761
Harrisonburg Ad 657
local promo “Extra Country 98-3” 684
“97.5 and 1 05.9 Cat Country” 835
793
Steve Jones Chevy ad plus a promo for summer school at UNC Pembroke (with CCI from WGMS) 747 826 664
Legal ID 673
673
796
“some folks like to call us Bubba... Classic
Country 106.3 WCCA” 811
830
“Dixie 105.7” jingle 843
New River Nissan in Christianburg ad 595 822
on top of local w/ relig teaching
State Police PSA into bluegrass got phone
confirmation 671
Virginia Beach Izuzu 800
“WJJZ 106.1” Jingle 821
736
874
Legal ID (included several cities) 791 906 842 1022
“The Southern Tier’s #1 Hit Music x Station... Star 105.7” 768
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1715 |
WPZX |
105.9 |
Pocono Pines |
|
1728 |
z??? |
96.1 |
Freeport |
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Mav 27 GW |
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0851 |
KCSW-lo |
97.1 |
Canton |
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Mav 30 Es |
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|
0001 |
WUSF |
89.7 |
Tampa |
|
0018 |
WRLR |
100.1 |
Port Charlotte |
|
0021 |
WCKT |
107.1 |
Lehigh Acres |
|
0027 |
WDRR |
98.5 |
San Carlos Park |
|
0033 |
WBZE |
98.9 |
Tallahassee |
|
0049 |
WSJJ |
94.1 |
Lakeland |
|
0101 |
WWRZ |
98.3 |
Fort Meade |
|
0520 |
WGBH |
89.7 |
Boston |
|
0523 |
WHJY |
94.1 |
Providence |
|
0525 |
WPLM |
99.1 |
Plymouth |
|
0527 |
CIOO |
100.1 |
Halifax |
|
0531 |
WWFX |
100.1 |
Southbridge |
|
0600 |
WHOU |
100.1 |
Houlton |
|
0608 |
CBAL |
98.3 |
Mocton |
|
0632 |
CBAL1 |
101.9 |
Neguac |
|
0636 |
CKRO |
97.1 |
Pokemouche |
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Mav 30 Tr |
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0600 |
WGLC |
100.1 |
Mendota |
|
0701 |
WKNB |
102.9 |
Earlville |
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June 2 Tr |
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|
1300 |
WRLJ |
88.3 |
Whitehall |
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June 4 Es |
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|
0955 |
noted MUF to 93.1 to Mexico |
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June 6 Es |
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|
1025 |
XHRYS |
90.1 |
Reynosa |
|
1035 |
XHAAA |
93.1 |
Reynosa |
|
1930-2020.1.1.1.1 |
South Florida to the top of |
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1952 |
Unid |
95.1 |
|
|
1955 |
WKZM(t) |
104.3 |
Sarasota |
|
2010 |
WTLQ |
97.7 |
Punta Rassa |
|
June 6 Tr |
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|
1058 |
WRLJ |
88.3 |
Whitehall |
|
1101 |
KTTK |
90.7 |
Lebanon |
|
June 9 Es |
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|
1906 |
KUAZ |
89.1 |
Tucson |
|
1909 |
Unid |
97.7 |
|
|
1911 |
KLPX |
96.1 |
Tucson |
|
1919 |
Unid |
96.5 |
|
|
1927 |
XHPX |
98.3 |
Cd Juarez |
|
1930 |
XHECS |
97.3 |
Neuvo Sacrmnto |
|
2001 |
XHCTC |
99.9 |
Cd Cuauhtemoc |
|
2003 |
KFMA |
101.3 |
Green Valley |
|
2032 |
XHSAP |
98.5 |
Agua Prieta |
|
2059 |
XET |
94.1 |
Monterrey |
|
2111 |
XHPE |
97.1 |
Torreon |
|
2148 |
Unid |
106.1 |
|
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June 9 Tr |
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|
1926 |
KCHI |
98.5 |
Chillicothe |
June 10 Es
PA Scranton Ad “Rock 107.. NE PA’s all time favorite..” 790
BH Prgmng in Creole with EE ad for “Internatl Bazaar” 1370
|
MO |
“KCSW, Culver-Stockton Radio” |
51 |
|
FL |
with local xltr off 983 |
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|
FL |
with another local off the air |
1053 |
|
FL |
“Cat Country 107.1” |
1089 |
|
FL |
Ft Myers Ad 1110 |
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|
FL |
781 |
|
|
FL |
991 |
|
|
FL |
rosefm.com 1045 |
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|
MA |
1024 |
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|
Rl |
1006 |
|
|
MA |
1044 |
|
|
NS |
“C100” plus Halifax mentions |
1408 |
|
MA |
“Chris Engle”, “Fox Morning News |
» 1 j |
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“Worcester’s Rock Station”... also got phone confirmation 974 |
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|
ME |
“100.1 Houlton-Woodstock” as CIOO faded |
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|
NB |
CBC Stereo FF Atlantic feed |
1359 |
|
NB |
Same as 98.3 1359 |
|
|
NB |
FF ...mentions of Caraquet |
1375 |
|
IL |
Legal ID |
|
|
IL |
Legal ID (multi cities included) |
120 |
IL No legal ID but did give WLUJ (88.1) in the x TOH ID 85
TA Estero Hits 1084 TA 1081 the band
weak Latino/Carib music no talk.. pirate? FL religion (tentative)
FL “la Latina Tropical” 1088
IL Finally a full legal ID including xltrs MO “All God’s music is on Powre 90.7” 219
AZ Tusconwx 1265
bank ad, country music AZ ad for Aerosmith tix... klpx.com 1265 ss ...briefly Cl “Exa FM” 1 1 97
Cl Legal ID... slogan 1240 Cl Legal ID
AZ “101.3 KFMA” 1291
SO ad with local mentions 1230
NL 1161
CU 1270
probable Mexican
MO kchi.com ex 103.9 159
20
|
1155 |
WEAS |
93.1 |
Savannah |
GA |
788 |
|
1900 |
Unid |
94.7 |
FF ...this was the MUF in the evening |
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June 1 1 Es |
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|
0832 |
XHSOC |
89.7 |
Saltillo |
CU |
partial ID 1199 |
|
0843 |
XHEC |
91.9 |
Sabinas |
CU |
1056 |
|
0852 |
XHCTO |
93.1 |
Gomez Palacio |
DU |
1280 |
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June 12 Es |
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|
1314 |
WJIS |
88.1 |
Bradenton |
FL |
1009 |
|
2037 |
KQOL |
93.1 |
Las Vegas |
NV |
1359 |
|
2048 |
KHYZ(t) |
99.7 |
Mountain Pass |
CA |
1395 |
|
June 14 Es |
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|
1957 |
XHAAA |
93.1 |
Reynosa |
TA |
Sole fm noted 1084 |
|
June 16 Tr |
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|
0629 |
W278AE |
103.5 |
Peoria |
IL |
with WGLT break. .weather 59 |
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June 19 Es |
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|
2009 |
CJKR |
97.5 |
Winnipeg |
MB |
“Winnipeg’s Power . Power 97” |
|
2015 |
KRWG |
90.7 |
Las Cruces |
NM |
1041 |
|
2029 |
CFRY |
93.1 |
Portage la Prarie |
MB |
“You’ve been listening to Focus on the |
|
Family on CFRY” |
736 |
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|
2038 |
WDAY |
93.7 |
Fargo |
ND |
Y94 Traffic ...Saturn of Fargo (Prior Tr) 539 |
|
2100 |
KMPR |
88.9 |
Minot |
ND |
Legal ID for station of NDPR 752 |
|
2102 |
CBWV |
97.9 |
Brandon |
MB |
Mono CBC news then SW MB weather 791 |
|
2108 |
KCAD |
99.1 |
Dickinson |
ND |
“Rough Rider Country” “KCAD 99.1” 751 |
|
2112 |
CKSB1 |
88.9 |
Regina |
SK |
CBC FF in stereo 966 |
|
2124 |
KZIN |
96.7 |
Shelby |
MT |
jewelry store ad. .best selection in North Central Montana “K96” 1 1 83 |
|
June 20 Es |
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|
1030 |
WFCC |
107.5 |
Chatham |
MA |
Presumed |
|
1033 |
WAAF |
107.3 |
Worcester |
MA |
“WAAF” when 1 tuned in 986 |
|
1037 |
WROR |
105.7 |
Framingham |
MA |
“105.7 WRO . ” 1006 |
|
1050 |
WTSA |
96.7 |
Brattleboro |
VT |
949 |
|
1054 |
WTRY |
98.3 |
Rotterdam |
NY |
892 |
|
1057 |
WOKQ |
97.5 |
Dover |
NH |
1034 |
|
June 21 Tr |
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|
0200 |
WDLJ |
97.5 |
Bresse |
IL |
Legal ID with WBBA phased 150 |
|
1850 |
KLDE |
103.5 |
Poplar Bluff |
MO |
Legal ID 256 |
|
2226 |
WYMX |
99.1 |
Greenwood |
MS |
484 |
|
June 22 Tr |
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|
0004 |
KSMD |
99.1 |
Pangburn |
AR |
“Smooth jazz favorites ..Diamond 99.1” with KFUO phased 375 |
|
June 22 Es |
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|
1417 |
KAZF |
91.9 |
Hebbronville |
TX |
talk about relig events in area 1020 |
|
1429 |
KROM |
92.9 |
San Antonio |
TX |
“estero Latino 92.9” 879 |
|
1438 |
KXTN |
107.5 |
San Antonio |
TX |
879 |
|
1500 |
KQQT |
106.3 |
Gonzales |
TX |
Legal ID for this and KQJZ |
|
1502 |
XHCER |
100.7 |
Cerralvo |
NL |
Multiple station ID 1118 |
|
1507 |
XHCHL |
99.1 |
China |
NL |
gave XECT calls 1130 |
|
1512 |
KGSR |
107.1 |
Bastrop |
TX |
Legal ID 806 |
|
1515 |
KBAW |
93.5 |
Zapata |
TX |
Nueva Laredo Phone number 1050 |
|
1517 |
KODA |
99.1 |
Houston |
TX |
sunny99.com 784 |
|
1519 |
KMJQ |
102.1 |
Houston |
TX |
784 |
|
1520 |
KPAC |
88.3 |
San Antonio |
TX |
“..PAC 88.3” at tune in 879 |
|
1526 |
Unid |
91.7 |
2nd SS fighting Monterrey’s 91 X |
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|
1537 |
KQUR |
94.9 |
Laredo |
TX |
1027 |
|
1543 |
KHOY |
88.1 |
Laredo |
TX |
1027 |
|
1549 |
XHCAO |
89.1 |
Reynosa |
TX |
local ads 1084 |
|
1601 |
KPUS(t) |
104.5 |
Gregory |
TX |
NASCAR with local sponsors but still could be another Texan Es just about gone. |
June 24 Tr
21
|
0244 |
WKSF |
99.9 |
Asheville |
NC |
ashevillehelpwanted.com “99 Kiss Country” |
|
0247 |
WGWG(t) |
88.3 |
Boiling Springs |
NC |
tentative.... smooth jazz and then faded out |
|
0251 |
WNCW |
88.7 |
Spindale |
NC |
592 |
|
0258 |
WGGC |
95.1 |
Bowling Green |
KY |
350 |
|
June 24 Es |
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|
1116 |
Cuba |
93.3 |
CUBA |
Slogan may be “La Voz de Continental” or may just be a program name |
|
|
1140 |
Cuba |
98.3 |
Havana |
CU |
La Habana. This one is listed! Similar history on 93.3 at 1 1 28 1 292 |
|
1202 |
XHCUN |
105.9 |
Cancun |
QR |
“XHCUN Radio Popular.. la voz de Caribe x Mexicano” 1355 |
|
1203 |
XHNUC |
105.1 |
Cancun |
QR |
Cancun ad 1355 |
|
1219 |
XGCAQ |
92.3 |
Cancun |
QR |
ad for Internet Cancun 1355 |
|
1222 |
XHYI |
93.1 |
Cancun |
QR |
Mix 9.1 also heard same ad that was heard x on 105.9 and 105.1 1355 |
|
1228 |
XHCCQ |
91.5 |
Cancun |
QR |
Cancun ad legal ID heard at 14041355 |
|
1317 |
XHQOO |
90.7 |
Cancun |
QR |
talk about Cancun and “Radio Pirata” slogan |
|
1324 |
XHCBJ |
106.7 |
Cancun |
QR |
more Cancun ads “1 06.7” jingle 1 355 |
|
1332 |
XHGL |
97.7 |
Merida |
YU |
1348 |
|
1335 |
XHCAN |
107.5 |
Cancun |
QR |
|
|
1350 |
Unid |
100.5 |
Very weak SS tentative XHRTO |
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|
1435 |
XHVG |
94.5 |
Merida |
YU |
Merida mentions. .pre election coverage 1348 |
|
1440 |
XHRB |
89.9 |
Cozumel |
QR |
more election info... local ad 1400 |
|
June 25 Tr |
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|
0102 |
WFCB |
93.3 |
Chillicothe Chillcothe” 415 |
OH |
with WPBG phased “New Mix 93.3 WFCB |
|
0259 |
WTUE |
104.7 |
Dayton |
OH |
with local WLMD off 343 |
|
0423 |
WWWW |
102.9 |
Ann Arbor |
Ml |
381 |
|
1100 |
KULH |
105.9 |
Wheeling |
MO |
“The Wave KULH. .Wheeling, Breckenridge, Rockville” 152 |
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June 25 Es |
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|
0924 |
XHAAA |
93.1 |
Reynosa |
TA |
1084 |
|
1003 |
KRFM |
96.5 |
Show Low |
AZ |
1147 |
|
1006 |
KWKM |
95.7 |
Saint John |
AZ |
Power 95.7 kwkm.com 1105 |
|
1020 |
KAUM |
107.1 |
Colorado City |
TX |
kvmckaum.com KAUM jingle 794 |
|
1037 |
KZII |
102.5 |
Lubbock |
TX |
1070 |
|
June 26 Es |
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|
1130 |
KDCD |
92.9 |
San Angelo |
TX |
“947-KDCD for Las Vegas trip” 827 |
|
1136 |
KACT |
105.5 |
Andrews |
TX |
“the heart of the Country.. KACT” 868 |
|
1145 |
Unid |
96.5 |
Sterling City TX) |
“393-2163 event center concert (suspect |
|
|
1148 |
KCSW |
96.5 |
Rock Springs |
WY |
970 |
|
1222 |
KSEL |
95.3 |
Portales |
NM |
“Here’s the K-Sel wx forecast” 820 |
|
1230 |
KRZA |
88.7 |
Alamosa |
CO |
Alamosa live music association 842 |
|
1232 |
KWES |
93.5 |
Ruidoso |
NM |
964 |
|
1233 |
KEND |
106.5 |
Roswell |
NM |
908 |
|
1241 |
KBKL |
107.9 |
Grand Junction |
CO |
local ads “Cool 107.9” 954 |
|
1243 |
KZKS |
105.3 |
Rifle |
CO |
Rifle mentions & ads “Kicks Country 105.3” |
|
1252 |
KATP |
101.9 |
Amarillo |
TX |
712 |
|
1257 |
KUPI |
99.1 |
Idaho Falls |
ID |
1118 |
|
1342 |
KWRR |
89.5 |
Ethete |
WY |
950 |
|
1349 |
KADQ |
94.3 |
Rexburg |
ID |
1107 |
|
1350 |
KGTM |
98.1 |
Rexburg |
ID |
Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Rexburg ads “Good times music KGTM 98.1” 1107 |
|
1359 |
KBYI |
100.5 |
Rexburg |
ID |
1107 |
|
1406 |
KUER |
90.1 |
Salt Lake City |
UT |
1113 |
|
1408 |
KKLX |
96.1 |
Worland |
WY |
918 |
|
June 27 Es |
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|
1128 |
KKMJ |
95.5 |
Austin |
TX |
809 |
|
Julv 3 Es |
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|
0859 |
WGOR |
93.9 |
Martinez |
GA |
“WGOR. . . Martinez-Augusta. . . .Good Time Oldies 93.9” 677 |
|
0919 |
WAIA |
107.1 |
Melbourne |
FL |
1029 |
|
0932 |
WWRZ |
98.3 |
Fort Meade |
FL |
1045 |
|
0935 |
Unid |
102.3 |
“The all new Blazin 102. 3... 102 Blazin days of summer” Ad for Proctor Accura |
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|
0950 |
WBAM |
98.9 |
Montgomery |
AL |
Montgomery Ad . . .former TR catch 608 |
22
|
0957 |
Unid |
104.3 |
|
|
1011 |
WHTQ |
96.5 |
Orlando |
|
1016 |
WLTS |
105.3 |
Kenner |
|
Slidell?) |
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1021 |
KFTE |
96.5 |
Breaux Bridge |
|
Julv 4 Tr |
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|
0501 |
KZPL |
97.3 |
Lee’s Summit |
|
0511 |
KRLI |
103.9 |
Malta Bend |
|
0527 |
KPOW |
97.7 |
La Monte |
|
Julv 9 Es |
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|
2131 |
WFCT |
105.5 |
Apalachicola |
|
2139 |
WKXK |
96.7 |
Pine Hill |
|
2159 |
WMAU |
88.9 |
Bude |
|
Julv 12 Es |
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|
1023 |
KWNM |
105.5 |
Hurley |
|
1030 |
XHNGS |
96.7 |
Nogales |
|
1031 |
XHEM |
103.5 |
Cd Juarez |
|
1044 |
KFMM |
99.1 |
Thatcher |
|
KWFM |
97.1 |
Green Valley |
|
|
1058 |
Unid |
96.9 |
|
|
1110 |
XHNRI |
93.7 |
Merida |
|
1123 |
XHCPH |
96.9 |
Hildalgo del Parral |
|
1136 |
XHHPR |
101.7 |
Hildalgo del Parral |
|
1140 |
XHHAC |
90.9 |
Chihuahua |
|
1150 |
XHONG |
100.9 |
Ojinaga |
|
1157 |
XHCRG |
102.9 |
Cd Camargo |
|
1216 |
XHHIH |
102.5 |
Ojinaga |
|
1222 |
KFZX |
102.1 |
Gardendale |
|
1230 |
XHCHA |
104.5 |
Chihuahua |
|
1239 |
XHECS |
97.3 |
Nuevo SacramentoCI |
|
1738 |
WSYR |
94.7 |
Gifford |
|
1906 |
KQOL |
93.1 |
Las Vegas |
|
1916 |
KQMR |
99.3 |
Indian Springs |
|
1923 |
KXTE |
107.5 |
Pahrump |
|
Julv 15 Tr |
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|
0729 |
KJCK |
97.5 |
Junction City |
|
0740 |
KLNE |
88.7 |
Lexington |
|
0754 |
KKTR |
89.7 |
Kirksville |
|
0820 |
KJHK |
90.7 |
Lawrence |
|
0906 |
KACZ |
96.3 |
Riley |
|
0925 |
KKQY |
101.9 |
Hill City |
|
Julv 16 Tr |
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|
1601 |
KJYL |
100.7 |
Eagle Grove |
|
1644 |
WJMC |
96.1 |
Rice Lake |
|
1650 |
WXYM |
96.1 |
Tomah |
|
1708 |
KRDS |
95.5 |
New Prague |
|
1732 |
KJCY |
95.5 |
St. Ansgar |
|
1815 |
KIHK |
106.9 |
Rock Valley |
|
1852 |
WYTE |
96.7 |
Whiting |
|
1900 |
WMMA |
93.9 |
Nekosa |
|
2026 |
KIOW |
107.3 |
Forest City |
|
2100 |
WFMP |
107.1 |
Coon Rapids |
|
2200 |
KQQL |
107.9 |
Anoka |
|
2228 |
KGGN |
101.5 |
Ortonville |
|
2250 |
KARL |
105.1 |
Tracy |
|
2300 |
KRRW |
101.5 |
St James |
|
2356 |
WDRK |
99.1 |
Cornell |
|
Julv 19 Tr |
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|
0116 KRPR |
89.9 |
Rochester |
|
0115 KPSD(t) |
97.1 |
Faith |
“Jim Lawson show tomorrow at 6”
FL “96.5 WHTQ” 978
LA Kirschman’s Nissan... NO mention (how far
did this move? Is it considered new from 725
LA “Planet Radio 96.5” 707
MO “KZPL Lee’s Summit.... The Planet’s Best Music 97.3” 224
MO KRLI Community Calendar 167 MO “1 00,000 watts of Power 97”
FL Port St Joe ad... ’’Coast weather” 807
AL Montgomery ad 608 MS Legal ID 621
NM SW NM wx “from the KWNM news and x information center” 1 1 05
SO Nogales AZ ad “En la FM Globo” 1298 Cl 1070
AZ 1182
AZ This 330 watter in well nothing on 96.1
brief strong Mexican (nothing near see 1123) YU 1348
Cl Parral ads 1275
Cl “Radio Parral” jingle 1275
Cl 1199
Cl local mentions 1060
Cl “Super FM” slogan. .Camargo mentions 1084
Cl Local ad
TX “102.1 FZX” 1060
TX 1199
1197
FL 1059
NV 1359
NV “Amor 99.3” Mexican Lite Rock format 1378 NV 1404
KS Junction City ad 342 NE 477
MO w / W209AL phased 102 KS w / KHGN phased . . .calls 263 KS w / KRNQ phased ...Legal ID 350
KS First Natl Bank of Brighton 492
IA w / KKRQ phased “we are Kinship Christian Radio” then Legal ID 227 Wl 353
Wl w / KMXG phased on this and above catch MN 318
IA local wx including Mason City mention 245 IA 316 Wl 284
Wl w / KIAI phased ...Legal ID 270
I A w / KGRS phased 248
MN Legal ID 350
MN over KFMW with no phasing 355 MN 446
MN w / KCCQ phased 364
MN w/ KKSI phased “Country 1 01 .5 is KRRW St James 11:00” 317
Wl w/KAUS phased “WDRK Cronell-Eau Claire” 325
MN “a service of Rochester Public Radio” 264 SD never in at ID time 658
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|
0126 |
KOLY |
99.5 |
Mobridge |
|
0206 |
KZNG |
99.1 |
Huron |
|
0300 |
KINI |
96.1 |
Crookston |
|
0638 |
KGIM |
103.7 |
Redfield |
|
0644 |
KEXL |
106.7 |
Norfolk |
|
0713 |
KNBZ |
97.7 |
Redfield |
|
0716 |
KMLO |
100.7 |
Lowry |
|
0844 |
WIBW |
94.5 |
Topeka |
|
1301 |
KQLS |
100.3 |
Colby |
|
1311 |
KHOK |
100.7 |
Hoisington |
|
1334 |
KRGY |
97.3 |
Aurora |
|
1335 |
KDGS |
93.9 |
Andover |
|
1339 |
KBGL |
106.9 |
Larned |
|
1400 |
KPRD |
88.9 |
Hays |
|
1433 |
KINZ |
95.3 |
Humboldt |
|
1503 |
KIWR |
89.7 |
Council Bluffs |
|
1600 |
KRNW |
88.9 |
Chillicothe |
|
2054 |
KQNS |
95.5 |
Lindsbourg |
|
2120 |
KZBZ |
104.9 |
Salina |
|
2300 |
KCVW |
94.3 |
Kingman |
|
2327 |
KQMA |
92.5 |
Phillipsburg |
|
2359 |
KAKA |
88.5 |
Salina |
|
Julv 19 Es |
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|
1347 |
WXTK |
95.1 |
West Yarmouth |
|
1347 |
WFCC |
107.5 |
Chatham |
|
Julv 20 Tr |
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|
0111 |
KANR |
92.7 |
Belle Plaine |
|
phone |
|||
|
Julv 25 Es |
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|
1734 |
CBKS |
105.5 |
Saskatoon |
|
1735 |
KZZY |
103.5 |
Devils Lake |
|
1742 |
KYYX |
97.1 |
Minot |
|
1748 |
KLCE |
97.3 |
Blackfoot |
|
1753 |
KGTM |
98.1 |
Rexburg |
|
1800 |
CHSK |
95.7 |
Swift Current |
|
1912 |
CHHK |
93.3 |
Taber |
|
2016 |
CKUA3 |
97.3 |
Medicine Hat |
|
CBRM |
98.3 |
Medicine Hat |
|
|
2037 |
CJCQ |
97.9 |
North Battleford |
|
2100 |
KLMP |
97.9 |
Rapid City |
|
2106 |
KLGT |
92.9 |
Buffalo |
|
2116 |
KZZS |
98.3 |
Story |
|
2117 |
WRTO |
98.3 |
Goulds |
|
2131 |
KMMS |
95.1 |
Bozeman |
|
2149 |
Unid |
95.5 |
|
|
Julv 28 |
Es |
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|
0950 |
Unid |
95.7 |
|
|
1000 |
XHRYS |
90.1 |
Reynosa |
|
1103 |
XHPAG |
105.3 |
Monterrey |
|
Auaust 1 Es |
|||
|
1132 |
XHITE |
94.9 |
Monterrey |
|
1150 |
KZSP |
95.3 |
South Padre Isld |
|
1150 |
KKPS |
99.5 |
Brownsville |
|
Auqust 5 Es |
|||
|
1941 |
XHAAA |
93.1 |
Reynosa |
|
1945 |
KTEX |
100.3 |
Brownsville |
SD w / KKMA phased ...local ads “Star 99 wx”
SD “we-fest Tickets” “Kissin Country Forecast”
NE Religion 586
SD very strong 503 NE 367
SD w / WMOI phased “the station for today’s best hits Z97..KNBZ FM” 503
SD w / KKRZ phased Slogan 573
KS w / KRXL phased... local ads ...slogan
KS Legal ID... they are Q1 00 no LS Radio 555
KS w / KMZU phased “Eagle Country 101 and
local weather and ads 453 NE 385
KS w /WCEZ phased... Power 93.9 395
KS Alltel (Great Bend, Hayes) 477
KS w / KRNW phased ..’’thank you for your x support of KPRD”473 KS w/KOKX phased “KINZ”318
IA through local 278
MO 159
KS Salina and other local ads TOH ID 395
KS Salina ads . . .’’The Buzz 1 04.9” 386
KS w / WRMS phased. .Legal ID Witchita wx 444 KS w/WKXQ phased “92.5 KKAN-KQM A you’re listening to keeping the 70s alive” 460 KS w/WGCA phased ...Legal ID ..weak 386
MA 1067 MA 1082
KS “this is Jesse James and you’re listening to the Deadhead Rockout” confirmed by
413
|
SK |
classical... presumed 1110 |
|
|
ND |
“keep it right here for the best. .on Double Z |
|
|
Country 662 |
||
|
ND |
“...on 97 Kicks FM” 752 |
|
|
ID |
1132 |
|
|
ID |
1107 |
|
|
SK |
“this is CBC Radio 2 in Saskatoon at 96.9 in |
|
|
Regina, 105.5 in Saskatoon” |
1075 |
|
|
AB |
“Classic Rock 93.3 The Hawk” |
1250 |
|
AB |
1177 |
|
|
AB |
presumed |
|
|
SK |
1194 |
|
|
SD |
Black Hills, Rapid City mentions |
“KLMP The |
|
Light” into Focus on the Family |
690 |
|
|
WY |
861 |
|
|
WY |
“98.3 The Peak” confirmed by phone 878 |
|
|
FL |
1189 |
|
|
MT |
1090 |
|
|
Colorado Rockies baseball |
MUF at the time... faded fast TA Legal ID 1084
NL Legal ID 1161
NL Caribbean music prgrm... matches website
other Monterrey’s to 1 03.7 1 1 61
TX 1067 TX 1080
|
TA |
1084 |
|
TX |
1080 |
24
|
Auaust 20 Tr |
|||||
|
0208 |
CJQM |
104.3 |
Sault Ste Marie |
ON |
“Soo Weather” 526 |
|
0251 |
WBDK |
96.7 |
Algoma |
Wl |
“50 years of favorites WBDK” 330 |
|
0300 |
WVXA |
96.7 |
Rogers City |
Ml |
Legal ID 488 |
|
0353 |
WHAK |
99.9 |
Rogers City |
Ml |
w/WIXO phased multi station Legal ID 488 |
|
0440 |
WCCW |
107.5 |
T raverse City |
Ml |
w / WGCI phased local mentions & ads 394 |
|
Auqust 21 Tr |
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|
1930 |
Lexington NE 88.7 and 93.1 |
||||
|
2056 |
KXNP |
103.5 |
North Platte |
NE |
530 |
|
2200 |
KAMI |
104.5 |
Cozad |
NE |
Legal ID 489 |
|
2205 |
KBBN |
98.3 |
Broken Bow |
NE |
w / KRKQ phased local weather Legal ID 473 |
|
2251 |
KNCY |
103.1 |
Nebraska City |
NE |
“you won’t find a better radio station KNCY” |
|
Auqust 22 Tr |
|||||
|
0034 |
KMCX |
106.5 |
Ogallala |
NE |
“KMCX” inserted in C&W format prev Es |
|
0043 |
KJJC |
107.1 |
Osceola |
IA |
New format |
|
0113 |
KNDY |
95.5 |
Marysville |
KS |
w / WGLO phased KNDY between songs |
|
0312 |
WDAF |
106.5 |
Liberty |
MO |
New Format |
|
0353 |
KKYY |
101.3 |
Whiting |
IA |
Y-101.3 local mentions 345 |
|
2059 |
KJIA |
88.9 |
Spirit Lake |
IA |
3 Station Legal ID 307 |
|
2130 |
KOKS |
89.5 |
Poplar Bluff |
MO |
Legal ID (antenna toward Ft Dodge) 256 |
|
2144 |
KXOQ |
104.3 |
Kennett |
MO |
Promo for Cardinal BB on 97.5 then promo for “104.3 The Quake” 293 |
|
Auqust 24 Tr |
|||||
|
0059 |
KRBI |
105.5 |
St Peter |
MN |
w / KILJ phased Legal ID 313 |
|
0101 |
KIOW |
107.3 |
Forest City |
IA |
w / KGRS phased Legal ID 248 |
|
0200 |
KQPR |
96.1 |
Albert Lea |
MN |
w/ KMXG phased Legal ID 261 |
|
0315 |
WJMC |
96.1 |
Rice Lake |
Wl |
w / KMXG phased |
|
1633 |
WTGR |
97.5 |
Union City |
OH |
w/WHMS Strong! 310 |
|
1651 |
WDFM |
98.1 |
Defiance |
OH |
on top without any phasing 334 |
|
2104 |
WIOK |
107.5 |
Falmouth |
KY |
Legal ID 359 |
|
2158 |
WYSO |
91.3 |
Yellow Springs |
OH |
w/WILM phased Legal ID. .wyso.org 361 |
|
Auqust 26 Tr |
|||||
|
0003 |
WGFX |
104.5 |
Gallatin |
TN |
w/WFMB phased 361 |
|
0049 |
WRQQ |
97.1 |
Goodlettsville |
TN |
w / KFTK phased “Nashville’s New Star 97” |
|
0118 |
WBDC |
100.9 |
Huntingburg |
TN |
w / WZUS phased 248 |
|
0450 |
WGUC |
90.9 |
Cincinnati |
OH |
w / WILL 2 Program promos and Legal ID |
|
0505 |
WDGG |
93.7 |
Ashland |
KY |
last heard as WRVC in the 80s 450 |
|
0508 |
WGGC |
95.1 |
Glasgow |
KY |
w / WDZQ phased |
|
0533 |
WRYV |
101.5 |
Gallipolis |
OH |
local mentions “1 01 .5 The River” 464 |
|
0600 |
WXCH |
103.1 |
Versailles |
IN |
Legal ID for this and WSCH 303 |
|
Bob Seybold 1865 W. |
Main Rd Silver Creek, NY 14136 |
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|
June 10 Es between 1000-1230 |
|||
|
WFIT |
89.5 |
Orlando |
FL |
|
WMCU |
89.7 |
Miami |
FL |
|
WLPT |
88.3 |
Jessup |
GA |
|
WMGB |
95.1 |
Montezuma |
GA |
|
WUWF |
88.1 |
Pensacola |
FL |
|
KXKZ |
107.5 |
Ruston |
LA |
|
WAVV |
101.1 |
Marco Island |
FL |
|
June 20 Es |
|||
|
KRNA |
94.1 |
Iowa City |
IA |
|
CHIQ |
94.3 |
Winnipeg |
MB |
|
Julv 19 Es |
|||
|
25 stations from GA, FL, MS and AL but many were difficult to ID |
|||
|
WBAM |
98.9 |
Montgomery |
AL |
|
WACR |
103.9 |
Columbus |
MS |
|
WLZA |
96.1 |
Europa |
MS |
|
WYOY |
101.7 |
Gluckstadt |
MS |
25
July 21 Es
Canadians to the Northwest July 30 Es
|
WLRH |
89.3 |
Huntsville |
AL |
|
WUAL |
91.5 |
Tuscaloosa |
AL |
|
WNLE |
91.7 |
Fernandina |
FL |
|
WSJT |
94.1 |
Lakeland |
FL |
August 21 Tr
To the NW... Ottawa, Montreal, Plattsburg and Watertown August 24 Tr
To the WNW... Chicago, South Bend, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids and Indianapolis September 7 Tr
To the WSW....TN, KY and southern OH November 4 - 6 Tr
Great Tr opening starting in MN to Wl and Ml ....ending on east coast.
|
KESD |
88.3 |
Brookings |
SD |
|
WYZY |
106.3 |
Saranac Lake |
NY |
|
WZMX |
93.7 |
Hartford |
CT |
|
WVPS |
107.9 |
Burlington |
VT |
|
WPNE |
89.3 |
Green Bay |
Wl |
Steve Solomon Yarmouthport, MA mail@stevemcvie.com
Equipment: Yamaha T-85 & Kenwood KR-6400 modified, APS-13 at 28
July 19 Es
|
1215 |
WKSJ |
94.9 |
AL |
|
|
1220 |
WZYP |
104.3 |
AL |
|
|
1225 |
WQLD |
104.3 |
AL |
|
|
1250 |
WXRR |
104.5 |
MS |
ROCK 104 |
|
1255 |
WSLY |
104.9 |
AL |
Sly |
|
1302 |
WMAX |
105.3 |
GA |
|
|
1303 |
WBPT |
106.9 |
AL |
|
|
1320 |
WQLT |
107.3 |
AL |
Q107-Paul Harvey |
|
1345 |
KLAL |
107.7 |
AR |
1280 |
|
1345 |
WMGI |
100.7 |
IN |
Mix-FM |
|
1350 |
KMZU |
100.7 |
MO |
|
|
1355 |
KLAZ |
105.9 |
AR |
|
|
1356 |
KKRQ |
100.7 |
IA |
Fox |
|
1409 |
KBCN |
104.3 |
AR |
1310 |
|
1418 |
KKDY |
102.5 |
MO |
|
|
1420 |
KTXR |
101.3 |
MO |
|
|
1440 |
KGGO |
94.9 |
IA |
|
|
1457 |
KNIM |
97.1 |
MO |
|
|
1200-1440 rolled unattended: |
||||
|
KFIN |
107.9 |
AR |
K-Fine |
|
|
WCVQ |
107.9 |
KY |
||
|
WFCA |
107.9 |
MS |
||
|
KEZK |
102.5 |
MO |
||
|
KIXQ |
102.5 |
MO |
Kix 102.5 |
|
|
KSTZ |
102.5 |
IA |
Star 102.5 |
|
|
WEZB |
97.1 |
LA |
||
|
WOKK |
97.1 |
MS |
||
|
Julv 20 Es |
||||
|
945 |
WTYX |
94.7 |
MS |
|
|
949 |
WKOR |
94.9 |
MS |
|
|
Julv 21 |
Tr |
|||
|
0635 |
WGNY |
103.1 |
NY |
|
|
1900 |
CBAF |
102.3 |
NB |
26
|
1910 |
WKSQ |
94.5 |
ME |
over local |
|
|
Julv 21 |
Es |
||||
|
2100 |
KUND |
89.3 |
ND |
1379 |
|
|
2105 |
unid |
92.7 |
classical |
||
|
2106 |
CHMT |
93.1 |
ON |
715 |
|
|
2106 |
CHIQ |
94.3 |
MB |
1407 |
|
|
2109 |
unid |
97.1 |
FF |
||
|
2112 |
unid |
98.3 |
CLASSICAL |
||
|
2114 |
unid |
98.7 |
mono talk |
||
|
2117 |
unid |
89.9 |
mono talk |
||
|
2130 |
CFNO |
93.1 |
ON |
||
|
2132 |
unid |
89.3 |
FF |
||
|
2138 |
unid |
100.9 |
mono-talk |
||
|
2140 |
KYYX |
97.1 |
ND |
1576 |
ads-local #s |
|
2141 |
KYCK |
97.1 |
MN |
Kick |
|
|
2200 |
CKLF |
94.7 |
MB |
1530 |
Star |
|
2200 |
KSRQ |
90.1 |
MN |
1350 |
|
|
2210 |
CJSD |
94.3 |
ON |
1150 |
matched internet |
|
2213 |
unid |
88.3 |
talk-mono |
||
|
2220 |
KZZY |
103.5 |
ND |
1464 |
|
|
Julv 23 |
Es |
||||
|
1043 |
KKLV |
94.7 |
AR |
||
|
1044 |
WHRK |
97.1 |
TN |
||
|
1050 |
WSIE |
88.7 |
IL |
||
|
1100 |
WNKJ |
89.3 |
KY |
||
|
1101 |
WMKR |
94.3 |
IL |
||
|
1102 |
unid |
94.9 |
K-Love |
||
|
1105 |
KKAC |
104.3 |
MO |
||
|
1106 |
unid |
104.9 |
Fox Country |
||
|
1109 |
WYFX |
106.7 |
IL |
"RDS ""Fox""" |
|
|
1112 |
WDEK |
92.5 |
IL |
SS |
|
|
1114 |
WKIO |
92.5 |
IL |
Oldies 92-5 |
|
|
1115 |
KZLE |
93.1 |
AR |
Max-FM |
|
|
1124 |
WLIE |
94.3 |
IL |
//94.7 |
|
|
1124 |
WLLE |
94.7 |
KY |
||
|
1125 |
KDAB |
94.9 |
AR |
95 The Max |
|
|
1127 |
KICK |
97.9 |
MO |
Kick-FM |
|
|
1129 |
unid |
100.5 |
WYNT |
||
|
1130 |
KDEZ |
100.5 |
AR |
Z100 Rocks |
|
|
1140 |
WAAG |
94.9 |
IL |
||
|
1204 |
WXRT |
93.1 |
IL |
||
|
1227 |
KIAI |
93.9 |
IA |
||
|
1237 |
WOLX |
94.9 |
Wl |
||
|
Auaust 2 Es |
|||||
|
1000 |
WDJR |
96.9 |
AL |
||
|
Auqust 20 Tr |
|||||
|
2330 |
CFCA |
105.3 |
ON |
530 |
|
|
Auaust 21 Tr |
|||||
|
0721 |
CFMX |
103.1 |
ON |
470 |
|
|
0722 |
CJMX |
105.3 |
ON |
630 |
EZ Rock |
|
0808 |
WOMC |
104.3 |
Ml |
660 |
|
|
0820 |
WWFY |
100.9 |
VT |
250 |
|
|
0830 |
WMUZ |
103.5 |
Ml |
660 |
|
|
0832 |
CIMX |
88.7 |
ON |
650 |
89X |
|
0836 |
WKRK |
97.1 |
Ml |
660 |
Stern |
|
0846 |
CICX |
105.9 |
ON |
500 |
Now & then |
|
1903 |
CKBY |
105.3 |
ON |
360 |
Y105 |
|
1912 |
CIDC |
103.5 |
ON |
480 |
Z103.5 |
|
1913 |
CFMX |
103.1 |
ON |
410 |
very strong! |
|
1937 |
WCVR |
102.1 |
VT |
200 |
Champ |
|
1937 |
CIME2 |
101.3 |
PQ |
480 |
FF A/C |
|
1954 |
CJMJ |
100.3 |
ON |
360 |
Magic 100 |
|
2008 |
CJEZ |
97.3 |
ON |
480 |
Delilah-over local |
|
2025 |
CHAY |
93.1 |
ON |
510 |
Chay |
|
2037 |
CKQB |
106.9 |
ON |
360 |
The Bear |
|
2040 |
WYRK |
106.5 |
NY |
450 |
|
|
2042 |
CICX |
105.9 |
ON |
500 |
Lite FM |
|
2048 |
CHUM |
104.5 |
ON |
480 |
over local!!!!!!! |
27
|
2105 |
CFNY |
102.1 |
ON |
480 |
The Edge |
|
2114 |
CKKL |
93.9 |
ON |
360 |
Bob |
|
2117 |
CHEY |
94.7 |
PQ |
350 |
FF |
|
2126 |
CIMF |
94.9 |
ON |
360 |
FF |
|
2131 |
CHVR |
96.7 |
ON |
450 |
Star Country |
|
2135 |
CHLX |
97.1 |
PQ |
370 |
FF |
|
2146 |
WBFO |
88.7 |
NY |
450 |
|
|
2151 |
WNSA |
107.7 |
NY |
430 |
|
|
2200 |
WVPR |
89.5 |
VT |
150 |
|
|
September 13 Tr |
|||||
|
0930 |
CJLM |
103.5 |
PQ |
350 |
FF |
|
0950 |
WDME |
103.1 |
ME |
||
|
0954 |
CITE1 |
102.7 |
PQ |
FF |
|
|
1047 |
CIOK |
100.5 |
NB |
K100 |
|
|
1048 |
CBAF5 |
92.3 |
NS |
FF |
|
|
September 18 Tr |
|||||
|
2207 |
WVAY |
100.7 |
VT |
The Fox' |
Bob Smolarek - 31 Mark Drive - High Bridge NJ 08829
McIntosh MR 78 Channel Master Stereo Probe 9 Conrad RDS manager
June 20 Es
|
2040 |
WHSA |
89.9 |
Brule |
Wl |
classical |
|
2042 |
WSCD |
92.9 |
Duluth |
MN |
classical |
|
Jul v 3 Es |
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|
2018 |
KTFW |
92.1 |
Glen Rose |
TX |
minor league BB game |
|
2020 |
KVRE |
92.9 |
Hot Springs Village AR |
adult standards |
|
|
2025 |
KDOK |
92.1 |
Tyler |
TX |
|
|
2032 |
KLRK |
92.9 |
Marlin |
TX RDS log as LITEROCK |
|
|
Julv 7 Es |
|||||
|
2000 |
KUHF |
88.7 |
Houston |
TX |
|
|
2008 |
KHST |
92.1 |
Lamar |
MO |
classical |
|
2037 |
KLRK |
92.9 |
Marlin |
TX |
RDS log as LITEROCK |
|
2039 |
KKBQ |
92.9 |
Rockdale |
TX |
syndicated Leah show |
|
2056 |
KQID |
93.1 |
Alexandria |
LA |
|
|
Julv 9 Es |
|||||
|
2131 |
KANS |
92.9 |
Osage City |
KS |
RDS log as KS RADIO |
|
2152 |
KNIN |
92.9 |
Wichita Falls |
TX |
CHR |
|
2154 |
KLTY |
94.9 |
Arlington |
TX |
contemporary Christian music |
|
2156 |
KMGZ |
95.3 |
Lawton |
OK |
CHR |
|
2200 |
KOLI |
94.9 |
Electra |
TX |
|
|
2207 |
KNID |
99.7 |
Alva |
OK |
|
|
2211 |
KFXI |
92.1 |
Marlow |
OK |
Foxy 92 |
|
Julv 19 Es 1128 WJXR |
92.1 |
Macclenny |
FL |
||
|
1129 |
WQHL |
98.1 |
Live Oak |
FL |
country |
|
1132 |
WIKX |
92.9 |
Charlotte Harbor |
FL |
|
|
1133 |
WMFQ |
92.9 |
Ocala |
FL |
|
|
1139 |
WLPT |
88.3 |
Jessup |
GA |
"RDS log, PI=734D" |
|
1141 |
WNFB |
94.3 |
Lake City |
FL |
Mix 94.3 |
|
1143 |
WXCV |
95.3 |
Homosassa Sprg |
FL |
|
|
1146 |
WXTB |
97.9 |
Clearwater |
FL |
rock |
|
1147 |
WMCD |
100.1 |
Statesboro |
GA |
|
|
1148 |
WWUF |
97.7 |
Waycross |
GA |
Big Wolf |
|
1150 |
WYZK |
96.7 |
Valdosta |
GA |
|
|
1151 |
WSKY |
97.3 |
Micanopy |
FL |
news/talk |
|
1151 |
WHHZ |
100.5 |
Newberry |
FL |
The Buzz |
|
1155 |
WRBQ |
104.7 |
Tampa |
FL |
oldies |
|
1156 |
WIFO |
105.5 |
Jessup |
GA |
Big Dog Country |
|
1200 |
WXMK |
105.9 |
Dock Junction |
GA |
Magic 105.9 |
|
1200 |
WOCY |
106.5 |
Carrabelle |
FL |
Oyster Country |
|
1202 |
WOKA |
106.7 |
Douglas |
GA |
Dixie Country |
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|
1208 |
WBGA |
107.7 |
Darien |
GA |
The Beach |
|
1211 |
WTUF |
106.3 |
Boston |
GA |
|
|
1213 |
WLOW |
107.9 |
Hilton Head Island SC |
adult standards |
|
|
1221 |
WVKX |
103.7 |
Irwinton |
GA |
|
|
1224 |
WWLD |
102.3 |
Cairo |
GA |
Blazin' 102.3 |
|
1228 |
WFSY |
98.5 |
Panama City |
FL |
RDS log as Sunny |
|
1230 |
WFXF |
97.3 |
Bainbridge |
GA |
RDS log as Real Rock |
|
1230 |
WDJR |
96.9 |
Enterprise |
AL |
RDS log as CNTRY969 |
|
1234 |
WRJM |
93.7 |
Geneva |
AL |
last heard in 1986 on 93.5! |
|
1236 |
WIOL |
92.7 |
Eufaula |
AL |
The River |
|
1238 |
WKSM |
99.5 |
Fort Walton Beach FL |
rock |
|
|
1240 |
WOOF |
99.7 |
Dothan |
AL |
|
|
1245 |
WAVH |
106.5 |
Daphne |
AL |
oldies |
|
1248 |
WHTA |
107.9 |
Hampton |
GA |
urban |
|
1253 |
WKGQ |
107.3 |
Columbus |
GA |
|
|
1255 |
KBZE |
105.9 |
Berwick |
LA |
urban |
|
1259 |
WRAX |
107.7 |
Birmingham |
AL |
TheX |
|
1300 |
WLMG |
101.9 |
New Orleans |
LA |
Magic |
|
1302 |
WJDQ |
101.3 |
Meridian |
MS |
Q 101 |
|
1306 |
WBEI |
101.7 |
Reform |
AL |
The New B 101 .7 |
|
1311 |
KNEK |
104.7 |
Washington |
LA |
adult R&B |
|
1312 |
WSTZ |
106.7 |
Vicksburg |
MS |
classic rock |
|
1318 |
WFCA |
107.9 |
Ackerman |
MS |
|
|
1330 |
WTCD |
96.9 |
Indianola |
MS |
talk |
|
1335 |
WOXD |
95.5 |
Oxford |
MS |
|
|
1338 |
KPCH |
97.7 |
Dubach |
LA |
RDS log as KPCH-FM |
|
1340 |
WJMI |
99.7 |
Jackson |
MS |
Jams |
|
1341 |
WBLE |
100.5 |
Batesville |
MS |
|
|
1342 |
KQEW |
102.3 |
Fordyce |
AR |
KQ 102.3 |
|
1346 |
KCXY |
95.3 |
East Camden |
AR |
RDS log as KCXY-Y95 |
|
1349 |
KMSX |
94.9 |
Maumelle |
AR |
RDS log as MIX949 |
|
1350 |
KVRE |
92.9 |
Hot Springs Village AR |
adult standards |
|
|
1353 |
KURB |
98.5 |
Little Rock |
AR |
Hot AC |
|
1357 |
WGKY |
95.9 |
Wickcliffe |
KY |
reading obituraries |
|
1400 |
KTTG |
96.3 |
Mena |
AR |
sports |
|
1401 |
KKBD |
95.9 |
Sallisaw |
OK |
The Big Dog |
|
1405 |
KKEG |
92.1 |
Fayetteville |
AR |
The Zone |
|
1422 |
KTJJ |
98.5 |
Farmington |
MO |
J-98 Kickin' Country |
|
1423 |
KJMK |
93.9 |
Webb City |
MO |
AC |
|
1424 |
KSD |
93.7 |
St. Louis |
MO |
The Bull |
|
1425 |
KLOZ |
92.7 |
Eldon |
MO |
|
|
1425 |
WNNS |
98.7 |
Springfield |
IL |
|
|
1426 |
KCMQ |
96.7 |
Columbia |
MO |
RDS log |
|
1432 |
KCHI |
98.5 |
Chillicothe |
MO |
|
|
1433 |
KPOW |
97.7 |
La Monte |
MO |
|
|
1434 |
KTGL |
92.9 |
Beatrice |
NE |
The Eagle |
|
Julv 23 |
Es |
||||
|
2020 |
WHSA |
89.9 |
Brule |
Wl |
classical |
|
2027 |
WSCD |
92.9 |
Duluth |
MN |
classical |
|
2100 |
WPGP |
88.3 |
Tafton |
PA |
religious |
|
2122 |
KDJS |
95.3 |
Willmar |
MN |
"RDS, P.U18E8" |
|
2143 |
KQDS |
94.9 |
Duluth |
MN |
|
|
2158 |
KMXK |
94.9 |
Cold Spring |
MN |
Mix 94.9 |
|
September 6 Tr |
|||||
|
2225 |
WHBR |
103.1 |
Parkersburg |
WV |
|
|
2327 |
WJAN |
100.9 |
McConnelsville |
OH |
|
|
September 7 Tr |
|||||
|
1838 |
WRFX |
99.7 |
Kannapolis |
NC |
Carolina Panther's PBP |
|
1840 |
WLNK |
107.9 |
Charlotte |
NC |
The Link |
|
1925 |
WWRT |
104.9 |
Strasburg |
VA |
|
|
2104 |
WKEE |
100.5 |
Huntington |
WV |
|
|
2235 |
WSSL |
100.5 |
Gray Court |
SC |
Foxworthy Countdown |
Jason Koralja Surf City, NJ
Sony ICF-SW7600GR w/ built in whip antenna
November 3 Tr
WERQ 92.3 Baltimore MD 135mi
29
|
WPOC |
93.1 |
Baltimore |
MD |
140mi |
|
WKYS |
93.9 |
Washington |
DC |
1 63mi (over normal reception of W230AA) |
|
WRDX |
94.7 |
Dover |
DE |
81 mi (usually get WFME) |
|
WRBS |
95.1 |
Baltimore |
MD |
136mi (over local 50,000 watt WAYV!) |
|
WKDB |
95.3 |
Laurel |
DE |
1 13mi |
|
WVKL |
95.7 |
Norfolk |
VA |
233mi |
|
WFLB |
96.5 |
Laurinburg |
NC |
431 mi |
|
WWDC |
101.1 |
Washington |
DC |
1 61 mi (over normal reception of WBEB) |
|
WXPZ |
101.3 |
Milford |
DE |
90mi |
|
November 18 Tr |
||||
|
WMJC |
94.3 |
Smithtown |
NY |
91 mi |
|
WDAC |
94.5 |
Lancaster |
PA |
1 1 1 mi |
|
WVKL |
95.7 |
Norfolk |
VA |
233mi |
|
WCTK |
98.1 |
New Bedford |
MA |
218 mi |
“TOWER SITE 2004 CALENDAR” GOES ON SALE
Third Edition Follows Two Consecutive Sold Out Editions
CONTACT: Scott Fybush, 585-442-5411 (scott@fybush.com)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Fans of radio and television transmitter sites will once again have something to hang on their walls in 2004, thanks to the creator of “Tower Site of the Week” (www.fybush.com/featuredsite.html) and “NorthEast Radio Watch” (www.fybush.com/nerw.html).
Now in its third year, the full-color monthly calendar has become a tradition for many radio engineers and a curiosity for those who think all radio towers look alike.
Even after more than tripling the press run from the inaugural 2002 edition, the 2003 edition sold out within months.
“Fans of broadcast towers have never had a calendar like this,” Fybush said. “There’s an untapped market out there that was just waiting for it, apparently.”
Like the 2002 and 2003 editions, each month of the 2004 calendar will feature an 8”x11” color photograph of a broadcast transmitter site, taken by Fybush during his travels around the U.S., Canada and beyond. Sites to be pictured on the 2004 calendar include:
• WCBS/WFAN, New York, the only tower in America that radiates 100,000 watts on AM, not to mention both the Yankees and the Mets
• CKLW, Windsor, Ontario, the legendary top-40 station of the Midwest in the 60s and 70s
• KHJ, Los Angeles, the iconic Southern California top-40 AM outlet
• WTEM (formerly WRC), Washington D.C.
• Cedar Hill, Texas, home to Dallas-Fort Worth’s FM and TV signals and one of the biggest tower clusters in America
• WBT, Charlotte, N.C., the only site in the world with three diamond-shaped Blaw-Knox guyed radio towers
• A tribute to the broadcast facilities destroyed in a fire on Mount Washington, N.H. in early 2003
In addition to tower photos, the calendar’s monthly pages include significant dates in radio and television history as well as civil and religious holidays and major industry trade shows and events.
The high-quality, professionally printed calendar will ship in early December, but orders are being taken immediately.
Like the 2003 edition, the 2004 calendars cost $16 each, postpaid ($17.28 including sales tax for New York State residents), and can be purchased by check (payable to “Scott Fybush”) or money order to 92 Bonnie Brae Avenue, Rochester NY 14618. Orders can also be placed with major credit cards at www.fybush.com.
“It’s been exciting to travel around the country and see the calendar hanging in radio stations from coast to coast,” says Fybush, who also edits the radio directory site 100000watts.com and is a regular contributor to the trade publication Radio World.
EDITORS: High-resolution digital images of calendar pages and photos are available on request.
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Steven C. Wiseblood 28 LBJ Blvd.
Brownsville, TX 78521 stevenwisebl@hotmail.com
ABBREVIATIONS:
AFA: American Family Association
CC: call letter change
CL: city of license change
CX: a construction permit has been cancelled
Cl , C2, etc.: a change in status to that FM license class
DA: directional antenna
DE: station has been deleted
FC: format change
GA: granted amendment to the table of FM allocations GE: granted extension of construction permit GX: granted replacement of expired permit LC: license to cover filed (ready to come on the air)
MC: multiple-city ID
NC: no change yet on a reported change or permit ND: non directional antenna
NO: not on the air
NS: new station granted
NW: new station signs on
OSA: one step application granted for change
PA: proposed amendment change to FM allocation table
PC: power change on the air (> = increase, < = decrease)
PG: power change granted (> = increase, < = decrease)
QC: frequency changed occurred
QG: frequency change granted
RA: silent stations returns to the air
RE: station requests an extension on permit
RX: station requests replacement of expired permit
SC: slogan change or update
SI: station is silent
XA: dismissed amendment to FM allocations XC: transmitter site change occurred XG: transmitter site change granted
ALABAMA:
Selma: WBFZ 105.3 ,FC "hip-hop", SC "Z-105.3", RA
ARKANSAS:
Prairie Grove: KYNF 94.9, CC (ex KFVY) .
CALIFORNIA:
Escondido: KFSD 92.1, FC to country, //KSON-FM 97.3
Grass Valley: KCEE 103.3 NW (Sacramento) Placerville: KZSA 92.1 FC to country, RA (Sacramento)
Rosedale: KOGR 88.9 NW
San Jacinto: KWRP 96.1 . FC to rhythmic top-40,
SC as "Wild 96, (San Bernardino/Riverside)
Williams: KARA 99.1, NW, "Air 1", Christian rock Yermo: KRSX 105.3, CC (ex KJAT), FC to oldies, SC as "Cruisin' 105.3" (Barstow)
COLORADO:
Carbondale: KNTE 88.9, NW Dolores: KKDC 93.3, NW
FLORIDA:
Clearwater: WBTP 95.7, CC (ex WSSR), FC to R&B,
SC to "The Beat" (Tampa-St. Petersburg)
GEORGIA:
Hinesville: WSSJ 92.3, CC (ex WSKX)
ILLINOIS:
Arlington Heights: WCLR 88.3, "Air 1", Christian rock, NW
Clinton: WHOW 95.9, country, RA
Z94.1FK
Tfte neat classic Hacker
INDIANA:
Fort Wayne: WYLT 103.9, hot AC, SC as "My 103.9."
Roanoke: WCKZ 94.1 , FC to classic rock,
SC as "Z-94.1 (Fort Wayne)
Shelbyville: WENS 97.1, hot AC,
SC as "Real 97.1 ."(Indianapolis)
IOWA:
Ankeny: KDRB 106.3, CC (ex KVJZ), FC to R&B, SC as "The Beat" (Des Moines)
Boone: KRKQ 98.3, FC to talk, (Des Moines) Hosts include Sean Hannity & Michael Savage
KENTUCKY:
Glasgow: WLYE 94.1 CC (ex WGBV)
SC as "Willie 94.1"
LOUISIANA:
Erath: KRKA 107.9, FC to R&B,
SC as "Hot 1 07.9" (Lafayette)
Jonesville: KTGV 105.1 , CC (ex KTYX ), FC to R&B, SC as "105.1 the Groove" (Natchez MS)
Laplace : WCKW 92.3, FC to AC, SC as "Lite" Morgan City : KBZZ 96.7, FC to AC,
SC to "Soft Rock 96.7"
Tallulah: KBYO 104.5, FC to classic rock.
MASSACHUSETTS:
Athol: WAHL 99.9, FC to classic rock,
SC as "The Eagle"
Lowell : WUML 91.5, CC (ex WJUL)
MISSOURI:
Ash Grove: KSGF 104.1 , (ex KZRQ)
Cuba: KNLQ 91.9, NW
Mount Vernon:KZRQ 106.7, CC (ex KHTO),
FC to rock
MONTANA:
Big Sky: KBFN 104.5 MT changes calls to KBZM.
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NEVADA:
Las Vegas : KNPR 88.9, QG (ex 89.5),
FC to news and talk
Las Vegas: KCNV 89.7, Classical music, LC
NEW JERSEY:
Wildwood Crest: WDTH 93.1 , CC (ex WBNJ) , // WTTH 96.1 Margate City NJ, SC as "Touch" .
NEW MEXICO:
Pecos: KLBU 102.9, CC (ex KENC)
ENCHANTMENT FM
kt.NL: - I D2.g
NEW YORK:
Monticello: WJUX 99.7, FC to religion, //WRDR89.7 Freehold Township NJ
TEXAS:
Flower Mound: KTYS 96.7, CC (ex KMEO),
FC to country, SC as "The Twister" (Dallas/Fort Worth)
Jefferson: KHCJ 91.9, religion (Longview), NW
Pittsburg: KKXI 91.7, LC
San Antonio: KTFM 102.7, FC to active rock,
SC as "102.7 K-Rock"
Terrell Hills: KELZ 106.7, CC (ex KCJZ),
FC to top 40, SC as "Z-106-7" (San Antonio)
UTAH:
Oakley: KEGA 101.5, country, "Eagle 101.5",
NW (Salt Lake City)
WORLD C LASS ROCK.
VERMONT:
Killington : WEBK 105.3, FC to modern AC, SC as "The Peak"
NORTH CAROLINA:
Bayboro: WRUP 97.9, country oldies,
"97.9 the Bear" NW
OHIO:
Bellevue: WOHF 92.1, CC (ex WNRR) Dayton: WUDR 98.1, NW
OKLAHOMA:
Enid: KQBL 96.9, FC to classic hits,
SC to "Bob"
Seminole: KXTH 89.1 , CC (ex KZXV),
FC to contemporary Christian
OREGON:
Cottage Grove: KEUG 105.5,
SC to "World Class Rock, G-105.5" (Eugene)
PENNSYLVANIA:
Philadelphia: WPTP 96.5, FC to R&B,
SC to "Wild 96.5"
Wyomissing: WYTL 91.7, NW
VIRGINIA:
Crozet: WSUH 102.3, CC (ex WFFX),
SC to "Super Hits" (Charlottesville)
WEST VIRGINIA:
South Charleston : WMXE 100.9, CC (ex WJYP), FC to hot AC, SC as "Mix 100.9"
WISCONSIN:
Denmark: WPCK 104.9, "Kicks 104.9." (Green Bay), NW
Goodman: WMVM 91.3, religious, RA,
//WRVM 102.7 SuringWI
Marathon: WKQH 104.9, FC to active rock,
SC as "Rock 104.9" (Wausau)
Tomah: WTMB 94.5, CC (ex WBOG),
FC to country, SC as "B-94-5"
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Orangeburg : WQKI 102.9, CC(exWIGL), FC R&B ,
SC as "Quickie"
St. Matthews: WIGL 93.9, CC (ex WQKI), FC to AC,
SC as "Mix 93.9"
1*1
MANITOBA
Winnipeg: CJWV 107.9 LC.
TENNESSEE:
Clarksville: WAYQ 88.3, FC to contemporary Christian,
SC as "The Way"
Crossville: WXVL 99.3, FC to AC
Tullahoma: WHRP 93.3, CC (ex WUSX), FC to
R&B,
SC as "Power" (Huntsville AL)
ONTARIO:
Kitchener: CKBT 91 .5, R&B/top 40, "91 .5 the Beat"
JOHN EBELING’S SP9 - DX LODGE AT ALBORN, MN
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TECH BUIIITIN 9301-JUNE 1993
Co-Channel Interference Solution-Part II of II
BOB COOPER
ANTENNA PATTERN
Remember our mythical modeling antenna, the isotropic source./point? And the more practical reference antenna, the resonant dipole? The dipole obtains its ‘gain’ over the isotropic point source by eliminating the isotropic’s “radiates equally all directions”, replacing that with “radiates equally well in directions perpendicular to its element”. Think of an isotropic point as a three dimensional pool of water with a pebble dropped into the water. The splash goes up and down, left and right; in fact it goes outward away from the point of pebble impact equally in all directions; similar to a sky rocket exploding high in the air. Now think of the dipole as a two- dimensional antenna. You drop it onto a pool of water, flat side down, and small ripples /waves radiate outward from the point where the dipole strikes the water but primarily perpendicular to the axis of the dipole metal element; there is almost no ripple nor wave created by the end tips of the dipole. The dipole has gain over an isotropic point source because it eliminates any radiation from the ends of the antenna, redirecting the radiation pattern in two directions; each perpendicular to the plane of the element. Now add a new element to the antenna, parallel to the dipole and slightly longer (physically) than the dipole. This longer element acts as a reflector to block antenna gain (sensitivity) in the direction/plane of the dipole + reflector. With a reflector in place, the dipole now receives ‘equally well in one direction’; squirting away from the dipole in the direction not blocked by the reflector.
Next add one or more elements away from the dipole/reflector, each shorter than the dipole and progressively shorter the further they are placed from the dipole. ‘These are called directors and the combination of a reflector and (multiple) directors cause the signal beam to become thinner and thinner; more directive, more focused in the desired (front) direction. As the antenna designer adds more elements (assuming they have been added with some knowledge of where they go and how they interact with one another), the pattern of the antenna becomes more sensitive to signals arriving from the frontal (favored) direction and more importantly, less responsive to signals arriving from the sides or perhaps the rear of the antenna. ALAS - this additional forward gain comes with a price. Think of a latex balloon filled with water to the point of being over filled. Take the balloon in your hand and squeeze the latex; the water shifts inside the balloon and moves to a portion where your hand is not exerting pressure. This portion of the balloon grows larger while the portion you are squeezing becomes smaller. The increase in balloon size in one direction is like your antenna as you add additional directors(elements). Each newly placed director reduces the gain to the rear and sides, while increasing the gain towards the ‘front’. With proper skills the antenna designer can maximize the forward gain and cause the directional antenna to have less and less ‘response’ to the sides and rear. This is the basis for controlling CCI; ‘shaping’ the antenna pattern so as to reduce to a minimum the antenna’s ability in the direction of the UT while maximizing its gain towards the desired station; at the front of the antenna.
And the ‘price’? Each director element increases the physical size of the antenna and can reduce the bandwidth of the antenna (remember our TV channels are 7 MHz broad at VHF 8 at UHF). It is possible to add too many directors and defeat the entire purpose of the antenna system!
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STACKING ANTENNAS /MORE GAIN
If the antenna designer can add too many gain-enhancing director elements and overshoot his performance target (see Tech Bulletin 9302), but you need additional gain for a system, how is it done? The answer is stacking or, as it is also known, phasing two or more antennas together. The concept of stacking/phasing antennas together into a single antenna array is basic to antennas. If a single antenna of certain physical size and characteristics will create 10 dB of gain in the favored (front) direction, a second antenna electrically phased to the first will produce almost (but not quite) twice as much received signal voltage. In theory, you will gain 3 dB more with a second antenna but in practice some of that gain is lost in the phasing system (see Tech Bulletin 9302 for a discussion of how this works). The rules for ‘stacking’ gain follows:
1) Both antennas must be identical in physical shape and size;
2) The ‘distance’ from the transmitter to each antenna must be as close to identical as possible;
3) The antennas must be electrically connected together in such a manner that the signal voltage from one adds to the signal voltage picked up by the second antenna (that’s where 3dB comes from; a doubling of the signal voltage as presented to the transmission line going to the TV set).
NOW - let’s consider a unique situation where the two antennas are not the same physical distance from the transmitter. If you erect a metal pipe vertically and place one antenna at the top of the pipe, and the second antenna down say 1 free-space wavelength below the top antenna, because the pipe support is common to both and is straight up and down. The two identical antennas will have their respective directors, dipole elements and reflectors dead-in-line with one another if viewed from below (or above). This is a common way to stack two antennas for the additional (2.53.0 db stacking gain. And, both antennas are the same distance from the transmitter. To connect the two antennas together (i.e.. to phase as in adding the output voltage of one antenna to the output voltage of the other antenna), we can use parallel rods of tubing or wire (called stacking lines/phasing bars), or, we can use two identical lengths of the same coaxial cable (called phasing lines connecting each antenna into a two-way signal splitter (using the splitter as a signal combiner). We’ll elect to use two identical lengths of foam type RG-6U here. If the antennas are 300 ohm, we install a 300 ohm / 75 ohm outdoor matching transformer at the antenna connection point for both antennas. Then we cut two identical lengths of RG-6U long enough in each case to reach from the 75 ohm output of the matching transformer to the two-way splitter/combiner which is attached to the antenna mast precisely half way between the two antennas. With weatherproof F fittings on both ends of the cable, we now have the two antennas electrically connected together through the combiner. Each antenna captures signal sending it through the matching transformer to the two-way combiner (understand that an outdoor two-way splitter connected up backwards, becomes a two-way combiner in this application), and then the combiner outputs the two signals in phase with one another through its one remaining (output in this case) port. The performance of the antenna system could be as shown at the top of page 1 1 .
Now the CCI challenge. We wish to deepen the antenna system rejection for a CCI UT arriving from approximately the rear of the antenna. The antennas alone offer but 20 dB of front-to- back ratio; i.e., signals arriving at the dipole element from the rear of the antenna are attenuated by only 20 dB reference the same signal coming to the antenna from the front. Phase is the answer.
Remember that when we stack two identical antennas great care is taken to insure the signal captured by the dipole on one antenna gets to the combiner in phase with the signal captured by the second antenna. This means the desired transmitter signal from the front of the antenna array, and, whether we like it or not, also the undesired transmitter signal approaching from the rear of the antenna. Suppose we installed the two antennas in such a way the undesired transmitter signal arrives at the combiner box out of phase with itself? What then? The two antennas cancel one another; the undesired signal is simply phase-cancelled at the antennas!
Here is how that is done.
1) The top antenna is mounted in the standard way.
2) The bottom antenna has new holes drilled in the boom so the boom to mast clamp sits in a position that causes the bottom antenna to mount on the mast 1 .14 wavelength behind the top antenna. If we connect the two antennas together using identical lengths of RG-6/U, the desired signal and the undesired signal will arrive at the combiner 90 degrees (one-quarter of a phase cycle; there being 360 degrees in a complete phase cycle) out of phase with each other. And now we are approaching a solution.
4) The phasing lines are now length-adjusted. Rather than making both lines exactly the same length, we cut the two lines so that one is electrically 1 /4th wavelength longer than the other, in the accompanying diagram (page 1 1) we show this as 'X' 'X' and ‘X± 1/4 wave’.
5) The longer line goes from the top (normally mounted) antenna to the combiner. The shorter line goes from the bottom antenna (which is physically 1/4 wavelength behind the top
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And the rear arriving signal? It arrives at the bottom antenna first because the bottom antenna is 1 /4th wavelength closer to the signal source. 90 degrees in time later it arrives at the top antenna where it must go through an additional 1/4 wavelength (i.e., 90 degrees in phase) delay on the way to the combiner. Now the top antenna UT is 180 degrees out of phase with the bottom antenna UT and the two signals cancel; electrically, cleanly. This technique works very nicely with the following caveats:
1) The UT signal should fall someplace between 165 and 195 compass degrees of the DT (i.e., point your antenna at the DT and call this 0 degrees. Now use a compass and map to determine whether the UT will approach the antenna array at an angle [reference the DT] of between 1 65 and 195 degrees; essentially off the back of the antenna. If it will, this will work for you, eliminating the CC/ source by as much as 20[+] dB.)
2) You can also use this technique for eliminating a non-desired adjacent channel signal (say you want a channel 7 signal and there is a stronger channel 6 [and/or 8] signal off the back side of the antenna); with a 3 dB penalty for off-channel use. Arrange the antennas exactly as you would for same-channel configuration, except as follows:
a) Offset-mount the bottom antenna by 1/4 wavelength on the adjacent (non-desired) channel_(not the desired channel), and,
b) Cut the cable length 1/4 wavelength longer on the non-desired channel, not the desired
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A signal from the front of the antenna array goes into the top antenna 1 /4th wavelength (90 degrees) before it goes into the bottom antenna. Then the signal from the top antenna goes through a length of coaxial cable that is an additional 1/4 wavelength (90 degrees) longer (electrically) before it gets to the combiner. By being 1 /4th wavelength in front, it is out of phase by 90 degrees with the bottom antenna. But, by going through an additional 1 /4th wavelength of RG- 6/U, it arrives at the combiner phase adjusted with the DT signal coming from the bottom antenna (i.e., 90 degrees faster at the top antenna, 90 degrees slower at the top antenna + coax net result 0 degrees change). The two antennas still add signal together because they are still in phase for a forward direction signal.
And the rear arriving signal? It arrives at the bottom antenna first because the bottom antenna is 1 /4th wavelength loser to the signal source. 90 degrees in lime later it arrives at the top antenna where it must go through an additional 1/4 wavelength (i.e., 90 degrees in phase) delay on the way to the combiner. Now the top antenna UT is 180 degrees out of phase with the bottom antenna UT and the two signals cancel; electrically, cleanly. This technique works very nicely with
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the following caveats:
1) The UF signal should fall someplace between 165 and 195 compass degrees of the DT (i.e., point your antenna at the DT and call this 0 degrees. Now use a compass and map to determine whether the UT will approach the antenna array at an angle [reference the DT] of between 165 and 195 degrees; essentially off the back of the antenna. If it will, this will work for you, eliminating the CCI source by as much as 20[+) dB.)
2) You can also use this technique for eliminating a non-desired adjacent channel signal (say you want a channel 7 signal and there is a stronger channel 6 [and/or 8] signal off the back side of the antenna); with a 3 dB penalty for off-channel use. Arrange the antennas exactly as you would for same-channel configuration, except as follows:
a) Offset-mount the bottom antenna by 1/4 wavelength on the adjacent (non-desired) channel_(not the desired channel), and,
b) Cut the cable length 1/4 wavelength longer than the non-desired channel, not the desired channel.
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Of course not all UT signals arrive at the receiving site from the rear (i.e., +/- 15 degrees of straight off the back of the boom). The solution for such angles of arrival is still phasing but the technique is different. The antennas are not stacked one above the other (i.e., vertically) since it would be difficult to achieve any type of phase difference in this configuration. Rather, the identical- in-design antennas are placed side-by-side in a horizontal stacking format, if you followed the rear |JT phase cancellation, you’ll have no difficulty with the horizontal two-stack. The key is to fmd a horizontal distance, along a common antenna mounting boom (a piece of horizontal pipe mounted against a tower face; or, a flat roof line where you can mount antennas in a horizontal line at will), where the distance equals 180 degrees of phase cancellation for the UT source. The magic distance in free space is 1/2 wavelength, adjusted to the actual difference in angle-of-arrival between the two signals. We call this distance ‘H’ (see diagram page 13). Here’s how it is calculated:
1) Use a map and determine the beam heading from your receive site to the desired
transmitter. Let’s say it is + 10 degrees with 0 degrees true-north.
2) Now calculate the beam heading to the undesired transmitter. In this example it is 35
degrees true.
3) The difference between the two is 35 minus 1 0 or 25 degrees of angle.
4) Go to Graph 1 here which reveals a 25 degree angle difference requires a horizontal spacing between the two identical antennas of 1 .22 wavelengths.
5) Now, in our example the channel of interest is 4 where one wavelength in free space (see Table 1) equals 1 .717 metres (65.7”). The two identical antennas would then be mounted on a horizontal cross-arm, both pointing directly at the DT. spaced apart 1 .717 metres times 1 .22 (distance; Graph 1) or 2.095 metres boom centre to boom centre (distance H). The antennas would be phased with two identical lengths of RG-6/U to a two-way outdoor weather protected hybrid combiner (splitter used backwards).
NOTE: With this technique, no difference should exist in the lengths of coaxial cable
connecting each individual antenna to the combiner. What does change with each channel change or each angular difference change is the spacing (distance H) between the two antennas. Also observe in Graph 1 that as the spacing between antennas reduces down to 0.75 wavelength, the Graph jumps to a greater physical spacing of nearly 2.25 wavelengths to insure adequate physical separation (i.e., so two antennas do not touch each other).
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When your antenna receive site requires more forward gain than can be provided with two (identical) antennas (stacked), you are headed for four or even eight antennas in a more complex array. It It is not uncommon in North America and Europe to stack four identical antennas horizontally; that is, all in a line on perhaps quite long boom. This is a perfectly adequate approach for increasing forward gain but not when you are also attempting to eliminate or reduce a co¬ channel signal source with precise horizontal (antenna boom-to-boom) spacing. Because any individual yagi (or log) antenna exhibits a complicated antenna pattern (i.e., small lobes of
signal response that ‘squirt’ out of the antenna at unpredictable angles), when four or more antennas end up in a horizontal line, these essentially unpredictable minor lobes oflen end up ‘combining’ towards a co¬ channel source; in spite of your efforts to select a precision spacing between antennas to create a null. If you find yourself in a CCI situation that requires more gain than two yagis will provide, consider upgrading to larger yagis. Where five elements (reflector, dipole and three directors) may produce as much as 7 dB of gain (reference a dipole), a properly designed ten element will usually produce 10 dB of gain. That says a pair of well designed ten elements
can offer the same gain as 5-element yagis in a phased array. And should you still be short of gain, the co-channel problem must be tackled with a so-called ‘box’ or 'H Frame’ array slack as shown on page 15. Four antennas are stacked, two side by side and two more above the first two. For H i antennas, contact us.
Note: You cannot combine antennas in this array using a single tour-way combiner a trio of 2 way combiners with all RG-6/U lines of the same length must be used. The vertical (up/down) stacking distance should he no less than .75 wavelength in tiee space for antennas of up to 5 elements; 1 wavelength in free space, or the length of the boom (whichever is greater) for antennas of more than 5 elements. Selecting and stacking multiple yagi or log arrays for maximum gain, as well as matching them with appropriate masthead amplifiers is carefully studied in Tech Bulletin 9302.
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GAIN NUMBERS
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Let’s summarize the dual-challenge problems of a typical fringe area receiving site with co¬ channel interference.
First - the site suffers from low signal levels arriving from the desired transmitter (DT). Minus co-channel as a degradation factor we should have no less than 250 microvolts (uV) or -12 dBmV to produce a TASO Passable Grade picture (28 dB signal noise to noise ratio; see Tech Bulletin 9302.) Second with co-channel interference, the additional degradation can reduce the apparent TASO grade picture by some amount. The degree of degradation depends upon (a) the signal ratio between the DT and the UT when the antenna is pointed at the DT, and, (b) the frequency difference (i.e., tone) of the offset. Keep in mind that with a constant ratio in amplitude (signal levels) between DT and UT, the degradation of the co-channel can be reduced or increased as much as 24 dB simply by tweeking on the transmitter oscillator to move the offset frequency by as little as 260 hertz (!). if you suspect the offset could be improved,
talk with your regional RFS office.
The low signal level from the DT can be enhanced v i s and .vo i *i a,w 1 by increasing the capture area of the receiving antenna;
two properly designed 5 element yagis, for example, produce 2.5 dB more signal than a single yagi. Or, a i properly designed ten element yagi can produce from 2
to 3.0 dB more gain than a single five element yagi. There is a caveat; properly designed. Merely adding more (director) elements is no guarantee the larger antenna will outperform (or even perform as well as) a smaller antenna. Your success as an installer depends upon the quality of the antennas you select.
The low signal level can also be enhanced with a masthead amplifier. To be effective, the masthead unit should have a noise figure that is appreciably better [_-■«! J_ ’£■ than the noise figure of the TV set tuner; and, no less
than 20 dB of gain (see Tech Bulletin 9302).
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larger capture area antenna will increase the amplitude [>k nils way (level) of the UT co-channel source as well as the
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John Zondlo 4009 Driftwood Circle Yukon, OK 73099 sfm@fmdxweb.com Deadline: 15th
For DXers in AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NV, NM, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, Cuba & Mexico
December 2003
Eric Bueneman - NOUIH - 631 Coachway Lane - Hazelwood, MO 63042- 1347 - NOUIHEric@aol.com - http://www.qsl.net/nOuih
Realistic STA-90 AM/FM/FM stereo receiver for FM DX, Radio Shack PRO-79 handheld scanner for NOAA weather radio DX, Radio Shack VU-210XR with Radio Shack Archerotor at 35’ (10.6m) AGL, all times CDT, all distances in miles/kilometers, all NOAA frequencies start with 162
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Louisville, EDT TC, forecast for north central KY and south central IN, cx for Louisville 250/402 |
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KXI71 |
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Brookings, wx forecast/conditions for the Brookings area |
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WXK62 |
.475 |
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Sioux City, legal ID, wx forecast for NW IA, SW MN & SE SD |
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0925 |
KXI50 |
.500 |
MN |
Russell, wx forecast for SW MN 480/772 |
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0933 |
KZZ38 |
.500 |
MO |
Trenton, wx forecast for NW MO and southern IA 195/314 |
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1755 |
WXK91 |
.475 |
KS |
Topeka, conditions for Topeka, forecast for KS/MO/NE 285/459 |
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2038 |
KIH61 |
.400 |
NE |
Omaha, CDT TC, legal ID, forecast for NE/IA, severe wx outlook 335/539 |
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2227 |
KZZ52 |
.525 |
IA |
Hancock, legal ID, wx forecast for IA/NE 320/515 |
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2230 |
WWH30 |
.500 |
OK |
Grove, legal ID, wx forecast for NE OK/NW AR 285/459 |
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2241 |
KGG98 |
.425 |
KS |
Halls Summit, legal ID, severe wx outlook for northern KS, local conditions 290/467 |
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2354 |
WNG534 |
.500 |
KS |
Belvidere, legal ID, cx for Medicine Lodge and Great Bend, wx for south central KS 485/781 |
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2357 |
WXL71 |
.525 |
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Abilene, legal ID, wx cx for Salina 370/595 |
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2359 |
WXK93 |
.475 |
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Dodge City, legal ID, wx cx for central KS 530/853 |
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WXK95 |
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Chanute, wx summary, forecast and cx for SE KS 290/467 |
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WWF76 |
.475 |
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Summersville, legal ID, summary for south central MO 130/209 |
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WXL46 |
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MO |
Springfield, SW MO forecast, cx for Springfield 190/306 |
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KWRT |
93.1 |
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Booneville, “Casino 93,” adult standards, legal ID, AP nx 125/201 |
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KSRC |
102.1 |
MO |
Kansas City, “Star 102,” AC, $ 225/362 |
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0315 |
KZZ39 |
.500 |
MO |
Clinton, wx forecast for Sedalia/Whiteman AFB 1 85/298 |
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2310 |
WWG72 |
.500 |
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Georgia, forecast for IN/SE IL, //WXM78 Bloomington 205/330 |
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2338 |
WKRQ |
101.9 |
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Cincinnati, “Q-1 02,” CHR 320/515 |
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2344 |
WXJ91 |
.525 |
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Madisonville, wx cx for western KY 1 90/306 |
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WNOU |
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Indianapolis, “Radio Now 93.1 ,” rap mx (x-WNAP) 240/386 |
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KXI47 |
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Paris, forecast and cx for Paris, Charleston and Mattoon 145/233 |
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WXJ76 |
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Champaign, forecast for east central IL, Champaign-Urbana cx, local KD089 nulled 150/240 |
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WRAN |
98.3 |
IL |
Tower Hill, calls, 0 85/137 |
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0327 |
WWG83 |
.425 |
IN |
Edwardsport, legal ID and wx forecast 170/274 |
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WKDQ |
99.5 |
KY |
Henderson, promo, calls, k 170/274 |
This logbook includes NOAA weather radio logs that were sent to Matt Sittel, but never saw print. The events of August 24-26 were mainly TV events, but did manage to catch WNOU 93.1 for a call letter change. The conditions were good enough to allow me to null the local NOAA weather radio station (KD089 St. Louis MO) on 162.550 MHz to pull in Champaign with a clear signal. The only time I caught WXJ76 was through the local. Also noted KWRT 93.1 is no longer simulcasting the AM on 1370 kHz. Finally heard one of my closest unheards in WRAN 98.3; I only live about 50 miles from KDJR 100.1 and haven’t hear the station at this location due to locals on 99.9 and 100.3. Makes me want to have my next receiver modified with the proper filters for adjacent channel DX! 73, Eric (N0UIH)
Doug Smith - W9WI - 1385 Old Clarksville Pike - Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 - w9wi@w9wi.com - www.w9wi.com
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WFBQ |
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Indianapolis, “Q95 weather” 246 |
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WILL |
90.9 |
IL |
Urbana, legal ID 265 |
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WTCJ |
105.7 |
IN |
Tell City, “Owensboro’s Party Station” 107 |
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9/8 Tr 0650 |
WMOJ |
94.9 |
OH |
Fairfield, “Mojo” 238 |
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0705 |
WCBK |
102.3 |
IN |
Martinsville, local news and sports 212 |
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0710 |
WTTS |
92.3 |
IN |
Bloomington, “92-3 WTTS” 213 |
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11/9 Gw 1954 |
W214BQ |
90.7 |
TN |
Brentwood, mention of KAWZ and IDs for translators in AK, |
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TX and CA 28 |
John 3:16 "For God so | loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
"Merry Christmas from the Zondfo family
John, Carof, Christij 3^ Joef
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December 2003 Meteor Scatter Projections
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METEOR SHOWER GUIDE FOR DECEMBER 2003 (chart courtesy of Jm Thom a 4
All we need to say about the December chart isthis: The Geminids The Geminidspeak on the 13- 14 of the month. THISISA SATURDAY- SUN DAY peak!
After a short lull, things begin to pick up right after Christmas
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SATELLITE NEWS
GEORGE W. JENSEN
4604 ANTANNA AVE, Baltimore, MD 212064220 SCISATMAN@AOL.COM
Another slow month with more deletes than new services. - Here are the deletes:- Satcom/AMC4 - transponder 20 - Sundance Channel VC2 now only on Digicipher (4DTV) Satcom C3 - Lifetime West VC2 - gone to ????
Galaxy 10 - ESPNews VC2 now on 4DTV only - (see later) On the Ku side - MPEG2 - TARBS International Channels several unused except for color bars channels are no longer operating with minor changes to others.
More details in a later column on this On AMC1 a possible error on my part - XPDR 6 is WNBC
Telstar 5 Ku Band International clusters continue to change almost daily, this
also will be looked at in a later column.
Galaxy 11 - delete the following - 400 - NBA Television, 601 Bloomberg AMC 3 - ADD - 640 - Georgia Public Television here from the failed T4. Lastly - TheDMX channels on PanAmSat 9 continue to be in a state of flux, Most are various forms of US pop music. 835 is unique in that it all Tango.
That's all for this month. May you all have a Merry Christmas, Happy 2004 New Year and Kwanza and Happy Chanukah. Have some great DX and see you in 30. 73"s.
G&nvc-
This Month’s Cbver
A WONDERLAND OF DX GOODIES
This month belongs to Rich Wertman (Lockport,NY). The picture on the left is a 72 foot Triax tower with a VHF Ringer Ranger, a UHF ringo and ten element GMRS beam, a 7 foot dish with an AC-4990 pre-amp, and a HD73 rotor about one-fourth of the way up. On the garage is a CM Stereo Probe-9 on a ten foot tripod. There’s also a Phase2 DirecTV dish.
On the front cover you will find on the top shelf moving from left to right: CB and VHF Walkie- Talkies, a Yamaha T-1020 tuner, Standard GX- 3000 GMRS radio, a Radio Shack pro-2004 scanner, a RS TRC-458 11 -meter radio, a 13” Zenith monitor. On the center shelf, moving left to right: CM rotor controller, Pioneer TX-6500 tuner, HD-73 rotor controller, MFJ antenna tuner, GE extension speaker, Uniden HR-2510 10 meter set, Kenwood TMV-7A dual band radio, HD-73 rotor controller. On the bottom shelf: Technics SA-310 receiver, Yeasu FT-890 HF, RS rotor controller, RS DX-302 shortwave radio, CM 9512 rotor controller, 13” 1984 Zenith TV, Sony beta VCR and a homebrew PC.
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